Collaborate Disseminate
Cryptojacking attacks are on the rise. We talk to security researcher Troy Mursch about why bad actors are drawn to this attack technique. Continue reading Podcast: Bad Packets Report Founder on Rising Cryptojacking Attacks
2017 saw many risk-takers rack up small fortunes by riding the Bitcoin wave, but some ended up in tears — their accounts hacked and their crypto-wallets emptied. While you might be tempted to blame the wallet’s owner for such a mishap, it&#… Continue reading No cryptocurrency exchange can fully guarantee security, researchers say
Hackers are conducting several malware campaigns involving cryptojacking tools and vulnerable MikroTik routers. Their clever technique eliminates the need to infect websites with cryptojacking malware, and instead shifts the focus onto unpatched router… Continue reading Clever cryptojacking campaign targets MicroTik routers. If you own one, patch now!
By Waqas
ZombieBoy malware makes $1,000 Monero on a monthly basis. An independent security expert James Quinn has discovered a new family of cryptominers that has been dubbed as ZombieBoy. According to Quinn’s analysis, the newly discovered cryptominin… Continue reading ZombieBoy cryptomining malware exploits CVEs to evade detection
The Coinhive Miner virus has infected hundreds of thousands MikroTik routers. The malware has now reportedly installed a JavaScript miner to over 170,000 devices and this recent outbreak is believed to be getting bigger and bigger. The first hint of…… Continue reading CoinHive Miner Virus Outbreak Has Infected 170,000 Routers
Instead of seeking financial gains with ransom demands, threat actors are now aiming to steal central processing unit (CPU) and graphics processing unit (GPU) resources to facilitate cryptojacking.
The post Move Over, Ransomware: Why Cybercriminals Are Shifting Their Focus to Cryptojacking appeared first on Security Intelligence.
Continue reading Move Over, Ransomware: Why Cybercriminals Are Shifting Their Focus to Cryptojacking
By Waqas
About a week ago, HackRead reported that the world’s largest
This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: The Pirate Bay: We mine Monero from your CPU, install Adblocker or leave
Continue reading The Pirate Bay: We mine Monero from your CPU, install Adblocker or leave
The Pirate Bay is in hot water again after being discovered running a cryptocurrency miner on its website.
Make sure you always read the <small> print.
Continue reading The Pirate Bay is cryptomining for Monero with your CPU again
By Waqas
After being offline for over a week, The Pirate Bay
This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: The Pirate Bay is silently mining cryptocurrency without user consent
Continue reading The Pirate Bay is silently mining cryptocurrency without user consent
A web miner injected into compromised sites is just the tip of the iceberg for an infrastructure hosting malicious Windows and Linux coin miners.
Categories:
Cryptomining
Threat analysis
Tags: cnhvcoinhiveminingmoneroshortlinks
(Read more…… Continue reading Obfuscated Coinhive shortlink reveals larger mining operation