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Cryptocurrency mining is an energy-intensive business. According to some estimates, Bitcoin miners consume the same amount of energy as the Czech Republic. Continue reading Assessing the impact of protection from web miners
Twitter boss, Jack Doresy, had his Twitter account was hacked at the end of August, with hackers using his account to send a stream of offensive messages to his 4.2 million followers. It appears Jack was using his mobile phone to provide multi-factor a… Continue reading Cyber Security Roundup for August 2019
Zebrocy and GreyEnergy, four zero-day vulnerabilities in Windows, attacks on cryptocurrency exchanges, a very old bug in WinRAR, attacks on smart devices and other events of the first quarter of 2019. Continue reading IT threat evolution Q1 2019
Okta Ventures wants to fund the next generation of identity, security and privacy startups. Continue reading Okta unveils $50M in-house venture capital fund
Due to the wide media coverage botnets activities have become largely associated with DDoS attacks. Yet this is merely the tip of the iceberg, and botnets are used widely not only to carry out DDoS attacks, but to steal various user information. Continue reading Bots and botnets in 2018
Further tracking of Lazarus activities targeting the financial sector enabled us to discover a new operation, active since at least November 2018, which utilizes PowerShell to control Windows systems and macOS malware for Apple users. Continue reading Cryptocurrency businesses still being targeted by Lazarus
CoinHive is a service that was created in September 2017. It allows users to mine Monero cryptocurrency using JavaScript. CoinHive has remarkably changed the income models of content developers over the course of its 18 month-long adventure. However, d… Continue reading The End of CoinHive and the Rise of Cryptojacking
A new breed of cyberattack is emerging into the threat landscape, fuelled by geopolitical tension, there has been a rise in stealthy and sophisticated cyber attacks reported within recent industry reports. Carbon Blacks 2019 Global Threat Report, relea… Continue reading The Emergence of Geopolitical Fueled Cyber Attacks
Last year, we discovered malware that installs a malicious browser extension on its victim’s computer or infects an already installed extension. To do so, it disables the integrity check for installed extensions and automatic updates for the targeted browser. Kaspersky Lab products detect the malicious program as Trojan.Win32.Razy.gen. Continue reading Razy in search of cryptocurrency
Year 2018 began with a rise in the number of miner-related attacks. However, after a drop in the value of the main cryptocurrencies, which lasted from January to February, infection activity noticeably declined. General interest in cryptocurrencies also waned. Yet the threat is still current. Continue reading Kaspersky Security Bulletin 2018. Story of the year: miners