Collaborate Disseminate
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
Following Apple’s lead in banning cryptocurrency mining apps, Google has also updated its Play Store policy this week to ban apps that mine cryptocurrencies on users’ devices in the background.
However, there are countless cryptocurrency mining apps, … Continue reading Google Bans Cryptocurrency Mining Android Apps From the Play Store
A new software supply chain attack unearthed by Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection (Windows Defender ATP) emerged as an unusual multi-tier case. Unknown attackers compromised the shared infrastructure in place between the vendor of a PDF edito… Continue reading Attack inception: Compromised supply chain within a supply chain poses new risks
Introduction
Cyber criminals tend to favor cryptocurrencies because they provide
a certain level of anonymity and can be easily monetized. This interest
has increased in recent years, stemming far beyond the desire to
simply use cryptocurrencie… Continue reading How the Rise of Cryptocurrencies Is Shaping the Cyber Crime Landscape:
The Growth of Miners
The Gentoo Linux project has finished investigating the hacking last week of its GitHub-hosted package repository, an incident that resulted in attackers distributing malicious code to users. The point of entry turned out to be a weak admin password t… Continue reading Gentoo Repository Compromised Due to Weak Admin Password
Security researchers have discovered an interesting piece of malware that infects systems with either a cryptocurrency miner or ransomware, depending upon their configurations to decide which of the two schemes could be more profitable.
While ransomwa… Continue reading New Virus Decides If Your Computer Good for Mining or Ransomware
Introduction
Through FireEye Dynamic Threat Intelligence (DTI), we observed RIG
Exploit Kit (EK) delivering a dropper that leverages the PROPagate
injection technique to inject code that downloads and executes a
Monero miner (similar has been a… Continue reading RIG Exploit Kit Delivering Monero Miner Via PROPagate Injection Technique
BitTorrent, the company which owns the popular file-sharing client uTorrent, has quietly been sold for $140 million in cash to Justin Sun, the founder of blockchain-focused startup TRON.
TRON is a decentralized entertainment and content-sharing platfo… Continue reading TRON Cryptocurrency Founder Buys BitTorrent, µTorrent for $140 Million
Unauthorized cryptocurrency mining has been one of the major malware trends this year, with attackers managing to mine more than 5 percent of Monero coins currently in circulation using abused devices. Researchers from Palo Alto Networks have analyzed… Continue reading Study: More than 5 Percent of Monero Cryptocurrency was Mined by Malware
Due to the surge in cryptocurrency prices, not only hackers but also legitimate websites and mobile apps are increasingly using cryptocurrency miners to monetize by levying the CPU power of your PC and phones to mine cryptocurrencies.
However, Apple w… Continue reading Apple Bans Cryptocurrency Mining Apps From Its App Stores