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The Devil's in the Details of a New Cryptojacking Malware: Meet "Lucifer"
Palto Alto Networks' Unit 42 has discovered a particularly powerful new kind of Monero-mining malware.
Monday, 29/06/2020 | 08:24 GMT
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Rachel McIntosh
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Hackers Target Microsoft Azure Servers to Illegally Mine Crypto
These servers are generating massive computing power needed for machine learning applications.
Friday, 12/06/2020 | 11:32 GMT
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Arnab Shome
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Hackers Mining Monero in Over 1,000 Enterprise Computers
Researchers believe that the number of affected servers is significantly higher than the visible ones.
Tuesday, 26/05/2020 | 09:34 GMT
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Arnab Shome
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Two Russians Prosecuted for Mining Crypto on Government Computers
Criminal cases were brought against the perpetrators.
Tuesday, 17/12/2019 | 10:38 GMT
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Arnab Shome
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Hackers Using Process Hollowing to Hide Crypto Jacking from Detection
The mining process is also controlled to avoid any unnecessary alarms.
Friday, 13/12/2019 | 06:34 GMT
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Arnab Shome
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Stantinko Botnet Starts Cryptojacking, Uses YouTube to Evade Detection
The botnet infected more than half-a-million devices since 2012.
Friday, 29/11/2019 | 08:29 GMT
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Arnab Shome
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Cryptojacking Scripts Found in 11 Open-Source Code Libraries
The infected libraries have infected thousands of users’ computers.
Thursday, 22/08/2019 | 11:45 GMT
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Arnab Shome
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'Ryuk' Crypto Ransomware Discovered & Studied by Tencent in China
Tencent's Yujian Threat Intelligence Center received a ransom request for 11 BTC.
Friday, 19/07/2019 | 07:00 GMT
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Rachel McIntosh
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New Cryptojacking Malware is Targeting Linux Servers
The malware uses XMRig 2.13.1 to mine Monero.
Monday, 08/07/2019 | 06:55 GMT
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Arnab Shome
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Deja Vu? Monero Botnet Has Close Resemblance to "Outlaw" Attack
TrendMicro suspects that a group of hackers who launched a Monero mining malware campaign last year is at it again.
Friday, 14/06/2019 | 07:10 GMT
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Rachel McIntosh
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Firefox Gets Option to Block Crypto Mining Scripts
Many popular websites were recently found running scripts to mine crypto on visitors’ devices.
Friday, 24/05/2019 | 10:40 GMT
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Arnab Shome
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Shellbot Malware Evolves, Shuts Crypto Miners on Infected Devices
The malware is earning $300 per day by crypto jacking.
Thursday, 02/05/2019 | 10:37 GMT
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Arnab Shome
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Coinhive Closure and Mozilla Could Crash Crypto Hacking
With one company shutting down and the other developing new anti-virus tools, we could see a decline in crypto jacking activity
Friday, 05/04/2019 | 09:45 GMT
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David Kimberley
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Japan Court Acquits Man for Cryptojacking
The man was using Coinhive to mine Monero on others’ computers without taking permission.
Thursday, 28/03/2019 | 08:49 GMT
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Arnab Shome
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Cryptojacking-Associated Mining Service 'Coinhive' Shuts Down
Coinhive said in a blog post that the shutdown is the result of economic inviability.
Thursday, 28/02/2019 | 07:21 GMT
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Rachel McIntosh
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McAfee: Cryptojacking Increased by 4,000 Percent in 2018
The cyber security firm found malware attached to flash players and sent via messaging apps.
Thursday, 20/12/2018 | 12:03 GMT
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David Kimberley
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Hackers Attacked by Bear: Crypto-Jacking is Declining
The cyber-security company names cryptocurrency mining as its story of the year.
Thursday, 29/11/2018 | 12:47 GMT
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Simon Golstein
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Japan May Prosecute Cryptojackers as Criminals, Marking Legal First
Over 180,000 computer terminals in Japan have been mining cryptocurrency this year.
Wednesday, 13/06/2018 | 14:39 GMT
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Simon Golstein
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Analysis: What Does Microsoft's Acquisition of GitHub Mean for Monero?
Developers are migrating to GitLab en masse in wake of announcement.
Tuesday, 05/06/2018 | 10:43 GMT
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Simon Golstein
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New Cryptojacker Shuts Down Computer When Confronted by Antivirus
WinstarNssmMiner has already gotten away with thousands of dollars.
Thursday, 17/05/2018 | 12:16 GMT
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Simon Golstein
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Sweden Sees Surge of Cybercrime with Crypto-Jacking Cases up 10,000%
Criminals are switching to hijacking victims' computers to mine cryptocurrency
Thursday, 22/03/2018 | 11:17 GMT
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Arnab Shome
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Thousands of US, UK Government Sites Targeted with Cryptojacking Malware
Website codes were compromised via widely used plugin, BrowseAloud, which succeeded in affecting over 4k sites
Monday, 12/02/2018 | 09:03 GMT
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Jeff Patterson
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