Collaborate Disseminate
What an irony — someone hacked the official website of the Monero cryptocurrency project and quietly replaced legitimate Linux and Windows binaries available for download with malicious versions designed to steal funds from users’ wallets.
The latest … Continue reading Official Monero Site Hacked to Distribute Cryptocurrency Stealing Malware
Cybersecurity researchers have spotted a new cyberattack that is believed to be the very first but an amateur attempt to weaponize the infamous BlueKeep RDP vulnerability in the wild to mass compromise vulnerable systems for cryptocurrency mining.
In … Continue reading First Cyber Attack ‘Mass Exploiting’ BlueKeep RDP Flaw Spotted in the Wild
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new variant of WatchBog, a Linux-based cryptocurrency mining malware botnet, which now also includes a module to scan the Internet for Windows RDP servers vulnerable to the Bluekeep flaw.
BlueKeep is a highl… Continue reading Linux Botnet Adding BlueKeep-Flawed Windows RDP Servers to Its Target List
A 20-year-old college student who stole cryptocurrency worth more than $5 million by hijacking victims’ phone numbers has pleaded guilty and accepted a sentence of 10 years in prison.
Ortiz was arrested last year on charges of siphoning millions of do… Continue reading First Hacker Convicted of ‘SIM Swapping’ Attack Gets 10 Years in Prison
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
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
Security researchers have been warning about cybercriminals who have made over 20 million dollars in just past few months by hijacking insecurely configured Ethereum nodes exposed on the Internet.
Qihoo 360 Netlab in March tweeted about a group of cyb… Continue reading Hackers Stole Over $20 Million in Ethereum from Insecurely Configured Clients
In an effort to prevent cryptojacking by extensions that maliciously mine digital currencies without users’ awareness, Google has implemented a new Web Store policy that bans any Chrome extension submitted to the Web Store that mines cryptocurrency.
O… Continue reading Google Bans Cryptocurrency Mining Extensions From Chrome Web Store
Nothing comes for free, especially online.
Would you be okay with allowing a few paid services to mine cryptocurrencies using your system instead of paying the subscription fee?
Most free websites and services often rely on advertising revenue to sur… Continue reading Mac Software Mines Cryptocurrency in Exchange for Free Access to Premium Account
A zero-day vulnerability has been discovered in the desktop version for end-to-end encrypted Telegram messaging app that was being exploited in the wild in order to spread malware that mines cryptocurrencies such as Monero and ZCash.
The Telegram vuln… Continue reading Hackers Exploit ‘Telegram Messenger’ Zero-Day Flaw to Spread Malware