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Decatur County General Hospital in Parsons, Tennessee, is notifying more than 20,000 individuals that their health information was potentially compromised by an incident last year involving cryptocurrency mining software discovered on an electronic medical records server. The hospital says that on Nov. 27, 2017, it received an information security incident report from its EMR system […]
Where on earth you won’t expect cryptojacking scripts exploiting people’s machine for cryptocurrencies? Probably, the websites owned by feds. But it turns out, it isn’t entirely true. Now, before one starts to think that the governments had a change of heart and began to harvest crypto coins, the story involves malicious actors, because, of course. Scott […]
According to the information security companies, hidden cryptocurrency mining is very common lately. The boom of recent months in terms of the price of cryptocurrency and the interest of users has made this problem grow. As we know, when we mine we put our device at risk. Now, a change that Google Chrome will make to improve […]
Security researchers from Palo Alto Networks detected a large-scale cryptocurrency mining operation than last for more than 4 months. Researchers believe it impacted more than 30 million people worldwide. Attackers used malware for Mining Monero using high-performance XMRig. Threat actors used VBS file and various URL Shortening methods to install and run the XMRig payload. […]
Cryptocurrency mining is on the rise and so does the number of instances where wrong ways are used to harvest the digital currency. Just a day before yesterday, we told you about the Loapi Android malware that mines Monero on your device. Even if you’re sitting at a place like Starbucks, mining can happen anytime. […]
Security researchers from Kaspersky have discovered a new malware that is targeting Android phones. This malware, called as Loapi, is a harmful piece of code that can execute five separate malicious actions including mining the Monero cryptocurrency, making DDoS attacks, bombarding infected users with continuous ads, redirecting web traffic, transmitting text messages, and downloading and […]
As the cryptocurrency craze is reaching new heights, cybercriminals are looking for new methods to steal digital coins. In the past, we have seen methods like crypto jacking and spearphishing attacks. In a related development, security researchers have found a new malware campaign to mine cryptocurrency. Named Zealot Campaign, this malware targets Linux and Windows […]
Website mining cryptocurrency from people computers isn’t something we haven’t heard about. A guy even went a step ahead and mined cryptocurrency from his Tesla Car for free. The cryptojacking incident happened with Stensul CEO Noah Dunkin would rather sound unusual to many. Earlier this month, Dunkin was up at a Buenos Aires Starbucks for a caffeine doze. […]
The advent of cryptocurrencies was bound to spark the interest of cybercriminals who are always looking to exploit some technology to steal some clicks or install malware. In the recent times, we’ve come across reports of a huge number of websites using your CPU power to mine cryptocurrency; the browser extensions and Android apps aren’t untouched […]
What is Cryptojacking? With the rise in the adoption of cryptocurrencies all around the world, the foul players on the web are also exploiting this opportunity to earn fraudulent clicks. In the past few months, we have told you about different websites and browser extensions using Coinhive miners to use your CPU power without notifying you; […]
With the explosive rise in the popularity of cryptocurrencies, the use of digital coins is being seen in every sphere of digital space. This has also created a new revenue source for website owners. While some of them, including The Pirate Bay, have chosen to keep their users in the dark, other are employing innovative methods. […]
Last month, it was reported that popular torrent website The Pirate Bay was mining Monero digital currency from the CPUs of the visitors. This move was received with much flak as the users weren’t made aware of such steps. This also gave rise to a number of ways to block websites from mining cryptocurrency without your […]