Raspberry Pi Revives Stand-Alone DivX Player

It might seem almost comical to our more fresh-faced readers, but there was a time when you could go into a big box retailer and purchase what was known as a “DivX Player”. Though they had the outward appearance of a normal DVD player, these gadgets could read various digital …read more

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WordPress, Magecart Malware, & Bitcoin – Hack Naked News #190

This week, WordPress sites backdoored with malicious code, Google’s forced sign in to Chrome raises red flags, Newegg is victimized by Magecart Malware, a Woman hijacked CCTV cameras for Trump’s inauguration, Bitcoin DDoS attacks, Cybercrim… Continue reading WordPress, Magecart Malware, & Bitcoin – Hack Naked News #190

Kodi Media Player Installations Used for Distributing Malware

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

Cryptojacking campaign targets add-ons for popular streaming app Kodi

The criminal act of secretly stealing a target’s computing power to mine cryptocurrency isn’t quite as en vogue today as it was a year ago — due in part to cryptocurrency’s conspicuous downward turn in price, the practice isn’t wildly profitable — but the illegal practice carries on. Researchers at Slovakian cybersecurity firm ESET discovered that add-ons for the popular open source media player Kodi were part of a cryptojacking campaign extending back to at least December 2017. The malware was also added to the popular Bubbles and Gaia add-on repositories. As users updated their repositories, the malware continued to spread across the ecosystem. “It is the second publicly known case of malware being distributed at scale via Kodi add-ons, and the first publicly known cryptomining campaign launched via the Kodi platform,” researcher Kaspars Osis wrote. The Kodi platform also people to connect to different repositories, which offer app-like “add-ons” where […]

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