Gitpaste-12 Worm Targets Linux Servers, IoT Devices
The newly discovered malware uses GitHub and Pastebin to house component code, and harbors 12 different initial attack vectors. Continue reading Gitpaste-12 Worm Targets Linux Servers, IoT Devices
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Firefox 69 Now Blocks 3rd-Party Tracking Cookies and Cryptominers By Default
Mozilla has finally enabled the “Enhanced Tracking Protection” feature for all of its web browser users worldwide by default with the official launch of Firefox 69 for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android.
The company enabled the “Enhanced Tracking Protec… Continue reading Firefox 69 Now Blocks 3rd-Party Tracking Cookies and Cryptominers By Default
Capital One Hacker Also Accused of Hacking 30 More Companies and CryptoJacking
Former Amazon employee Paige Thompson, who was arrested last month in relation to the Capital One data breach, has been accused of hacking not only the U.S. credit card issuer, but also more than 30 other companies.
An indictment unsealed on Wednesday… Continue reading Capital One Hacker Also Accused of Hacking 30 More Companies and CryptoJacking
Facebook takes down Russian-linked disinformation targeting Ukraine
In its latest effort to root out disinformation on its platform, Facebook announced it is taking down 97 pages, groups, and accounts emanating from Russia and targeting Ukraine that attempted to conceal who was behind them. Facebook’s head of cybersecurity policy Nathaniel Gleicher clarified that Facebook was taking them down because of their manipulative behavior and not due to the content they were posting. The groups, accounts, and pages posted primarily about political topics of local concern in Ukraine, such as the conflict in Eastern Ukraine, the conflict in Syria, Russian politics, and European politics, Gleicher said in a blog post. The actors used fake accounts to disseminate information and also worked to redirect users to an external site that posted on similar topics. In one case up to 34,000 users followed a page coordinating disinformation, and in another, up to 86,000 accounts joined one of the groups. Ben Nimmo, who […]
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Hackers Favorite CoinHive Cryptocurrency Mining Service Shutting Down
Coinhive, a notorious in-browser cryptocurrency mining service popular among cybercriminals, has announced that it will discontinue its services on March 8, 2019.
Regular readers of The Hacker News already know how Coinhive’s service helped cyber crim… Continue reading Hackers Favorite CoinHive Cryptocurrency Mining Service Shutting Down
Cryptocurrency Firm Loses $145 Million After CEO Dies With Only Password
QuadrigaCX, the largest bitcoin exchange in Canada, has claimed to have lost CAD 190 million (nearly USD 145 million) worth of cryptocurrency after the exchange lost access to its cold (offline) storage wallets.
Reason? Unfortunately, the only person … Continue reading Cryptocurrency Firm Loses $145 Million After CEO Dies With Only Password
New Mac Malware Targets Cookies to Steal From Cryptocurrency Wallets
Mac users need to beware of a newly discovered piece of malware that steals their web browser cookies and credentials in an attempt to withdraw funds from their cryptocurrency exchange accounts.
Dubbed CookieMiner due to its capability of stealing coo… Continue reading New Mac Malware Targets Cookies to Steal From Cryptocurrency Wallets
How cyberwarfare is playing into Yemen’s civil war
The bloody war in Yemen has been accompanied by a digital conflict in which combatants have used surveillance and cryptocurrency to their strategic advantage, new research shows. “[T]he dynamics of the Yemeni civil war are manifesting themselves online through a struggle over Yemeni access, use, and control of the internet,” Boston-based Recorded Future wrote in a blog post about the research on Wednesday. As the Yemeni conflict gains greater attention in Washington, the research highlights how cyber operations have become intrinsic to kinetic wars. In Yemen, the internet has become “another front” in a multi-faceted war, according to Recorded Future threat intelligence analyst Allan Liska told CyberScoop, The conflict, which has left tens of thousands people dead and created a widespread famine, has been fought by Houthi rebels, backed by Iran, and the Hadi government, supported by Saudi Arabia. U.S. intelligence, and weapons, have been used by the Saudi-led coalition. The new research […]
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New Malware Combines Ransomware, Coin Mining and Botnet Features in One
Windows and Linux users need to beware, as an all-in-one, destructive malware strain has been discovered in the wild that features multiple malware capabilities including ransomware, cryptocurrency miner, botnet, and self-propagating worm targeting Lin… Continue reading New Malware Combines Ransomware, Coin Mining and Botnet Features in One
World’s Biggest GPU Maker No Longer Expects to Make Money on Cryptocurrency Mining
Selling GPUs for cryptocurrency mining accounted for 10 percent of Nvidia’s revenue only a few months ago. Now the company isn’t factoring it into its revenue stream at all. Continue reading World’s Biggest GPU Maker No Longer Expects to Make Money on Cryptocurrency Mining