Security News

How secure are cryptocurrency mobile apps?
2017-12-01 16:53

Are the mobile apps you’re using to store or handle your cryptocurrency stash, track the currencies’ price, or interact with cryptocurrency exchanges secure? Judging by the results of a recent...

Cryptocurrency Mining Scripts Now Run Even After You Close Your Browser
2017-11-30 15:03

Some websites have found using a simple yet effective technique to keep their cryptocurrency mining javascript secretly running in the background even when you close your web browser. Due to the...

ICOs: The Lawless Land of Cryptocurrency Fundraising
2017-11-28 16:57

From raising $30 million in 30 seconds to being endorsed by Paris Hilton or vanishing into thin air: anything is possible in the risky new world of cryptocurrency fundraising, but regulators are...

The Wild West of drive-by cryptocurrency mining
2017-11-08 20:42

As more and more Coinhive clones continue popping up, chances of users’ CPU power being hijacked for cryptocurrency mining are rising. According to Malwarebytes’ latest figures, their AV solution...

D-Link MEA Site Caught Running Cryptocurrency Mining Script—Or Was It Hacked?
2017-11-01 06:31

Last month the popular torrent website The Pirate Bay caused some uproar by adding a Javascript-based cryptocurrency miner to its site with no opt-out option, utilizing visitors' CPU power to mine...

Cryptocurrency-mining script planted in apps on Google Play
2017-10-30 21:50

Coinhive’s cryptocurrency-mining script has found its way into mobile apps offered on Google Play. Trend Micro researchers have spotted two apps that have been equipped with it: The first...

Hacker Hijacks CoinHive's DNS to Mine Cryptocurrency Using Thousands of Websites
2017-10-24 23:42

When yesterday I was reporting about the sudden outbreak of another global ransomware attack 'Bad Rabbit,' I thought what could be worse than this? Then late last night I got my answer with a...

Beware fake Android cryptocurrency trading apps on Google Play
2017-10-24 13:06

Two phishing apps that were made to look like the official app of popular cryptocurrency exchange Poloniex have been booted off Google Play after ESET researchers notified Google of their...

Hackers use organizations’ resources for stealthy cryptocurrency mining
2017-10-09 20:43

Hackers lusting after cryptocurrency but not wanting to spend money to buy it or mine it are targeting users wallets, computers, popular Web sites and public cloud computing environments. Mining...

Showtime’s Web sites roped visitors’ CPU into mining cryptocurrency
2017-09-26 19:13

Here’s the latest good reason for users to block JavaScript: if you don’t, your computer’s CPU power could be used to mine cryptocurrency without your knowledge or consent. Cryptocurrency mining...