Collaborate Disseminate
New Kaspersky research indicates that the increasingly popular Roaming Mantis Group is testing a new monetization technique that involves the redirection of iOS users to Coinhive in-browser mining pages. Prior activities of this hacking group included … Continue reading iOS Crypto Mining Detected, Redirecting Users to Coinhive Pages
Quite the peculiar botnet was detected in the wild by Qihoo researchers. The botnet, dubbed Fbot and based on the code of Satori, appears to be “just going after and removing another botnet com.ufo.miner”. Fbot is displaying other forms of…. Continue reading Fbot Botnet Chases Down and Cleans Systems Infected with com.ufo.miner
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
Numerous Steam users have reported that a game titled Abstractism is consuming way too much CPU power to mine for cryptocurrency. The game was also selling marketplace items that were masqueraded as goods from popular games such as Team Fortress…Read… Continue reading Steam Alert: Abstractism Game Exploited Gamers’ CPU for Cryptomining
It’s a well-known fact that security solutions must quickly adapt to new attack methods. There are several ways to achieve this goal, regularly applying security patches and updates, relying on threat intelligence and more. At Imperva, we use pat… Continue reading Drupal, Phishing and A New Cryptomining Botnet
Luminosity RAT sold for as little as $39.99 and could spy, steal passwords, mine cryptocurrency, and launch DDoSes. Continue reading 21-year-old spy tool developer faces prison
Deemed a scam from its CES debut, Kodak says KashMiner was never licensed, and its promised payouts portrayed ignorance of how Bitcoin works. Continue reading “Astoundingly stupid” Kodak (not really) Bitcoin miner bites the dust
A roundup of the security news from July 9 – July 15, including sextortion, Spectre, cryptomining, mobile malware, ICO scams and more.
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A roundup of the security news from July 2 – July 8, including a macro-less infection tecnique, online project management tools and crypto-mining malware campaigns.
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Tags: crypto miningmacro-lessprojec… Continue reading A week in security (July 2 – July 8)
A roundup of the security news from June 11 – 17, including a look at online privacy for children, an exploit kits update, and how law enforcement is coping with cybercrime.
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Tags: crypto mininge… Continue reading A week in security (June 11 – June 17)