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Juniper Networks revealed today cybercriminals are now employing Docker containers to surreptitiously run cryptomining malware on public clouds. Researchers at Juniper Threat Labs have discovered an infection in the wild that hunts for misconfigured p… Continue reading Juniper Networks: Cryptomining Exploit Targeting Docker Containers
By Uzair Amir
A Chinese school headmaster Lei Hua was caught mining cryptocurrency using the school’s electricity. As a result, he had to lose his job. It happened at Puman Middle School in Hunan province of China. Initially, teachers complained … Continue reading Headmaster caught mining cryptocurrency at school; gets fired
By Waqas
It wouldn’t be wrong to state that Apple has become the apple of the eyes of cryptomining enthusiasts and cybercriminals. According to Check Point’s latest Global Threat Index, the company is being targeted more frequently in cryptomining malw… Continue reading 400% increase in cryptomining malware attacks against iPhones
The flaw arises from the use of stealth wallet addresses, an anonymity concept that’s especially important to privacy-sensitive Monero users. Continue reading Monero fixes major ‘burning bug’ flaw, preventing mass devaluation
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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By Waqas
Cloud storage solution MEGA delivered Monero cryptocurrency malware. 21st-century technologies like blockchain are regarded as groundbreaking inventions. However, the security aspect of the new age digital systems has always been criticized fo… Continue reading MEGA Chrome extension hacked with cryptocurrency malware
30 years may have passed since the advent of the computer virus problem, but there is still malware fighting malware for control of your PC.
Continue reading Cryptomininers killing cryptominers to squeeze more out of your CPU
A threat actor been spotted on a number of honeypots looking to download and execute malicious cryptomining malware. Continue reading New Threat Actor ‘Rocke’: A Rising Monero Cryptomining Menace
I published the following diary on isc.sans.edu: “Crypto Mining Is More Popular Than Ever!“: We already wrote some diaries about crypto miners and they remain more popular than ever. Based on my daily hunting statistics, we can see that malicious scripts performing crypto mining operations remain on top of the
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By Carolina
The Pirate Bay is down for everyone for more than 20 hours. From the United States to India, all around the world authorities have told their Internet service providers (ISPs) to block each and every piracy site including The Pirate Bay but… Continue reading You are not alone; The Pirate Bay is down for everyone