Collaborate Disseminate
Plattsburgh, NY voted to place an 18-month moratorium on new commercial cryptocurrency mines in the city on Thursday. Here’s why, and what comes next for cities that have had a Bitcoin gold rush. Continue reading The City That Banned Bitcoin Mining
The surge in Bitcoin prices has driven widescale interest in cryptocurrencies. While the future of digital currencies is uncertain, they are shaking up the cybersecurity landscape as they continue to influence the intent and nature of attacks. Cybercri… Continue reading Invisible resource thieves: The increasing threat of cryptocurrency miners
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
Two days ago, Microsoft encountered a rapidly spreading cryptocurrency-mining malware that infected almost 500,000 computers within just 12 hours and successfully blocked it to a large extent.
Dubbed Dofoil, aka Smoke Loader, the malware was found dro… Continue reading New Cryptocurrency Mining Malware Infected Over 500,000 PCs in Just Few Hours
Introduction
FireEye researchers recently observed threat actors abusing
CVE-2017-10271 to deliver various cryptocurrency miners.
CVE-2017-10271 is a known input validation vulnerability that exists
in the WebLogic Server Security Service (WLS Secu… Continue reading CVE-2017-10271 Used to Deliver CryptoMiners: An Overview of Techniques
Used Post-Exploitation and Pre-Mining
There was a time when hackers simply defaced websites to get attention, then they started hijacking them to spread banking trojan and ransomware, and now the trend has shifted towards injecting scripts into sites to mine cryptocurrencies.
Thousands of… Continue reading Thousands of Government Websites Hacked to Mine Cryptocurrencies
Two days ago when infosec bods claimed to have uncovered what’s believed to be the first case of a SCADA network (a water utility) infected with cryptocurrency-mining malware, a batch of journalists accused other authors of making fear-mongering headli… Continue reading Russian Scientists Arrested for Using Nuclear Weapon Facility to Mine Bitcoins
Graphics cards are good for more than games. Continue reading UNICEF Is Asking Gamers to Mine Cryptocurrency for Syrian Children
The growing popularity of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies is generating curiosity—and concern—among security specialists. Crypto mining software has been found on user machines, often installed by botnets. Organizations need to understand the risks … Continue reading How to Mitigate the Threat Cryptocurrency Mining Poses to Enterprise Security
2017 was the year of high profile data breaches and ransomware attacks, but from the beginning of this year, we are noticing a faster-paced shift in the cyber threat landscape, as cryptocurrency-related malware is becoming a popular and profitable choi… Continue reading Cryptocurrency Mining Malware Infected Over Half-Million PCs Using NSA Exploit