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X-Force data revealed that while browser-based cryptojacking was increasingly popular through most of 2018, cryptomining malware made a resurgence at the end of 2018 and into Q1 2019.
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Coinhive, a notorious in-browser cryptocurrency mining service popular among cybercriminals, has announced that it will discontinue its services on March 8, 2019.
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Cybercriminals made a lot of noise in 2017 with ransomware attacks like WannaCry and NotPetya, using an in-your-face approach to cyberattacks that netted them millions of dollars from victims. But new research from IBM X-Force, the threat intelligence, research and incident response arm of IBM Security, revealed that 2018 saw a rapid decline in ransomware […]
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IBM X-Force’s top security predictions for 2019 cover a range of potential attack schemes and consequences, from industry-specific prognostications to a rapid expansion of emerging criminal schemes.
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iOS and macOS were long believed invincible but facts and statistics reveal another truth. According to a brand new research, there is a near 400% increase in cryptomining attacks against iPhones. This upsurge has been registered in the last two…Read… Continue reading iPhones Increasingly Targeted by Cryptomining Malware
This past summer saw a pair of Drupal security flaws exposed and patched. Is your website secure?
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To kick off October, we take a look back at what happened in cybersecurity in 2018 and a sneak peek at this year’s National Cyber Security Awareness Month.
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A dangerous new hacking practice has been detected — the use of the of Kodi media player for distributing malware. A lot of users running the open-source software are at risk of becoming victims of a global cryptomining campaign according…Read … Continue reading Kodi Media Player Installations Used for Distributing Malware
As netizens [citizens of the web – ], you probably know about computer viruses and hacking incidents. The new technology and market development have contributed to new forms of cyber-attacks and cryptojacking is one of them. These are often more…. Continue reading Seven Ways to Protect Yourself against Cryptojacking
Rocke Miner is a hacking weapon that can infect multiple hosts at once, our in-depth removal article shows how victims can remove active infections. Depending on its exact configuration it can perform various system changes and even deliver other infec… Continue reading Rocke Miner Removal — Identify and Delete Active Infections