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According to Chinese-language publication Legal Daily police in two districts of China have arrested 20 people for their roles in a major crypto currency mining operation that earned the criminals more than 15 million yuan (currently about $2M USD… Continue reading Chinese arrest 20 in major Crypto Currency Mining scam
A web miner injected into compromised sites is just the tip of the iceberg for an infrastructure hosting malicious Windows and Linux coin miners.
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Cryptomining
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The cryptocurrency market has seen an incredible amount of attention and hype over the last year, culminating with Bitcoin values soaring by more than 1,300 percent in 2017. Although the price has since tumbled and attitudes to crypto in general have c… Continue reading Why cybercriminals are turning to cryptojacking for easy money
Earlier this year security researchers warned about vulnerable Apache Solr, Redis, and Windows servers hit with cryptominers. Imperva now says that that are still too many Internet-facing Redis servers and that 75% of them show signs of having been inf… Continue reading Are attackers harnessing your Redis server?
Power authorities are concerned about Bitcoin’s energy use; how does it stack up against growing bud? Continue reading How Much Energy Does It Take to Grow Weed vs. Mining Bitcoin?
A roundup of security news from May 14 – May 20, including Mac malware, machine learning, advergaming, tech support scams, and much more.
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Security world
Week in security
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“Lee” used cryptocurrency mining ASICs to heat his bath, which turned the temperature up to 122 Fahrenheit. Continue reading This Guy Heated Bath Water With Bitcoin Mining and It Worked Too Well
Researchers with cybersecurity firm Trend Micro have uncovered a malicious extension in Google’s Chrome web browser that uses a multitude of methods to steal and mine cryptocurrency from infected users. The malware, which Trend Micro calls “FacexWorm”, makes its way onto a victim’s browser via social engineering tactics conducted through Facebook Messenger. A target would receive a link leading to a fake YouTube page that would prompt the user to install an extension in order to play the video. Once the extension is installed, it’s programmed to hijack users’ Facebook accounts and spread the link throughout their friends list. FacexWorm appears to be a Swiss Army knife of cryptocurrency-oriented malware. According to Trend Micro, the malicious extension has various capabilities: If an infected user tries logs into Google, MyMonero or Coinhive, FacexWorm will intercept the credentials. When a victim tries to go to a specified set of cryptocurrency trading platforms, […]
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A roundup of security news from April 23 – April 29, including worms, GDPR, DDoS markets, and more.
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Malwarebytes news
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Bitmain’s AntPool has committed to “burning” 12 percent of Bitcoin Cash fees, illustrating cryptocurrency’s troubling economics. Continue reading Why a Cryptocurrency Mining Giant Is Burning Money in a ‘Black Hole’