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In the past year or so, many cybercriminals have turned to cryptojacking as an easier and more low-key approach for “earning” money. While the value of cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Monero has...
The eight apps were secretly stealing victims' CPU power to mine for Monero.
Eight applications designed to mine for crypto-currency without users’ knowledge made their way into the Microsoft Store, Symantec has discovered. read more
Cryptojacking was the runaway security problem in 2018, damaging devices in cybercriminals' pursuit of profits. As cryptocurrency prices fall, 2019 could see more attacks.
Visitors of the international website of the US-based non-profit Make-A-Wish Foundation have had their computing power misused to covertly mine cryptocurrency, Trustwave researchers have found....
Hackers took advantage of an unpatched Drupal vulnerability in the organization's website to launch a cryptojacking attack.
Cryptomining apps were banned from the Play Store some time ago - but that hasn't stopped the crooks getting cryptojackers past Google...
1 out of 500 of the one million most visited websites according to Alexa contains a web-based cryptominer that starts mining as soon as the website has been opened in the browser, researchers from...
Hackers shouldn't quit their day scams if they want to eat Cryptojacking, the hijacking of computing resources to mine cryptocurrency, turns out to be both relatively widespread and not...
Cryptojacking attacks are on the rise. We talk to security researcher Troy Mursch about why bad actors are drawn to this attack technique.