Collaborate Disseminate
By Sudais Asif
Microsoft has been doing a tremendous job in tackling cybercrime but lately…
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Cryptojacking may not be entirely gone following the shutdown of notorious cryptomining service Coinhive – but it’s drastically diminished. Continue reading Cryptojacking is almost conquered – crushed along with coinhive.com
Cryptojacking, also known as crypto mining, is an online threat hidden on a computer or a mobile device, using its resources to mine for cryptocurrencies. While doing so, cryptojacking takes over control of all types of technical devices and considera… Continue reading Assessing the Dangers Caused by Cryptojacking
By Uzair Amir
Malware and spyware are two security issues most commonly associated with desktop computers. Here’s how to identify on your smartphone…
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By Waqas
Two Romanian hackers will be spending 20 and 18 years respectively in prison for infecting 400,000 computers.
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By Sudais
This time again, hackers have been found mining a popular yet anonymized cryptocurrency. Read more to know what these hackers are up to…
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If you downloaded the Monero command line wallet recently, check it before using it. Continue reading Official Monero site delivers malicious cash-grabbing wallet
The official website of the Monero Project has been compromised to serve a malware-infected version of the CLI (command-line interface) wallet. The malicious file was available for download for around 14 hours and at least one of the users who download… Continue reading Monero Project site compromised, served malware-infected binaries
What an irony — someone hacked the official website of the Monero cryptocurrency project and quietly replaced legitimate Linux and Windows binaries available for download with malicious versions designed to steal funds from users’ wallets.
The latest … Continue reading Official Monero Site Hacked to Distribute Cryptocurrency Stealing Malware
Introduction
Earlier this evening I saw a tweet appear which claimed Monero has been hacked and a malicious binary (instead of the real one) has been served:
Warning Monero users: If you downloaded Monero in the past 24 hours you may have installed… Continue reading Monero project compromised