Security News

The Pirate Bay Caught Running Browser-Based Cryptocurrency Miner
2017-09-19 01:23

The world's popular torrent download website, The Pirate Bay, has again been in a new controversy—this time over secretly planting an in-browser cryptocurrency miner on its website that utilizes...

Pirate Bay Spotted Hosting Monero Cryptocurrency Miner
2017-09-18 18:19

A cryptocurrency miner surfaced on The Pirate Bay for a day over the weekend.

Cryptocurrency Mining Malware Hosted in Amazon S3 Bucket (Threatpost)
2017-08-25 14:00

Attackers are using an exploit kit to spread the Zminer executable that downloads a cryptocurrency miner hosted in an Amazon S3 bucket.

Neptune Exploit Kit Dropping Cryptocurrency Miners Through Malvertisements (Threatpost)
2017-08-22 21:51

Researchers say the Neptune, or Terror exploit kit has been spreading Monero cryptocurrency miners via malvertisements.

Hackers stole over $500,000 from Enigma cryptocurrency investors (Help Net Security)
2017-08-22 15:42

Unknown hackers have managed to steal over $500,000 from aspiring investors in the Enigma cryptocurrency investment platform. The Enigma cryptocurrency hack The attack unfolded on Monday (August...

Largest Cryptocurrency Exchange Hacked! Over $1 Billion Worth Bitcoin and Ether Stolen (The Hackers News)
2017-07-05 03:01

One of the world's largest Bitcoin and Ether cryptocurrencies exchanges Bithumb has recently been hacked, resulting in loss of more than $1 Billion in cryptocurrencies after a number of its user...

Attackers Mining Cryptocurrency Using Exploits for Samba Vulnerability (Threatpost)
2017-06-12 13:34

Kaspersky Lab said it has seen some of the first exploits targeting a patched Samba vulnerability, and those are being used to mine Monero cryptocurrency.

SambaCry Flaw Exploited to Deliver Cryptocurrency Miner (Security Week)
2017-06-12 08:11

A recently patched Samba flaw known as EternalRed and SambaCry has been exploited in the wild to deliver a cryptocurrency miner to vulnerable machines, researchers warned. read more

Linux Malware Targets Raspberry Pi for Cryptocurrency Mining (Security Week)
2017-06-08 15:59

Researchers at Russian antivirus firm Dr. Web have come across a couple of new Linux Trojans, including one that abuses Raspberry Pi computers for cryptocurrency mining. read more