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Filip Truta for Bitdefender: Researchers use Android password managers to make phishing attacks more practical “Simone Aonzo, Alessio Merlo, and Giulio Tavella from the University of Genoa and Yanick Fratantonio from EURECOM found … Continue reading News update: October 3rd
Last month we reported about a widespread crypto-mining malware campaign that hijacked over 200,000 MikroTik routers using a previously disclosed vulnerability revealed in the CIA Vault 7 leaks.
Now Chinese security researchers at Qihoo 360 Netlab hav… Continue reading Thousands of MikroTik Routers Hacked to Eavesdrop On Network Traffic
Every minute, there are also 5,518 records leaked from publicly disclosed incidents. Continue reading ThreatList: $1.1M is Lost to Cybercrime Every Minute of Every Day
A massive cryptojacking campaign that relies on compromised MikroTik routers serves users with pages injected with the Coinhive mining script. It seems that the attacker initially mainly focused on compromising devices located in Brazil but devices in … Continue reading Compromised MikroTik routers power extensive cryptojacking campaign
Hackers are conducting several malware campaigns involving cryptojacking tools and vulnerable MikroTik routers. Their clever technique eliminates the need to infect websites with cryptojacking malware, and instead shifts the focus onto unpatched router… Continue reading Clever cryptojacking campaign targets MicroTik routers. If you own one, patch now!
Security researchers have discovered at least three massive malware campaigns exploiting hundreds of thousands of unpatched MikroTik routers to secretly install cryptocurrency miners on computers connected to them.
In all, the malware campaigns have c… Continue reading Hackers Infect Over 200,000 MikroTik Routers With Crypto Mining Malware
The Coinhive Miner virus has infected hundreds of thousands MikroTik routers. The malware has now reportedly installed a JavaScript miner to over 170,000 devices and this recent outbreak is believed to be getting bigger and bigger. The first hint of…… Continue reading CoinHive Miner Virus Outbreak Has Infected 170,000 Routers
Security researchers have been warning about a new malicious campaign that leverages an alternative scheme to mine cryptocurrencies without directly injecting the infamous CoinHive JavaScript into thousands of hacked websites.
Coinhive is a popular br… Continue reading CoinHive URL Shortener Abused to Secretly Mine Cryptocurrency Using Hacked Sites
A web miner injected into compromised sites is just the tip of the iceberg for an infrastructure hosting malicious Windows and Linux coin miners.
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(Read more…… Continue reading Obfuscated Coinhive shortlink reveals larger mining operation
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The investigators believe that the case involving crypto mining is
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