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'Panda' Group Makes Thousands of Dollars Using RATs, Crypto-Miners
2019-09-18 06:54

A new threat actor has generated thousands of dollars in the Monero cryptocurrency using remote access tools (RATs) and illicit cryptocurrency mining malware, Cisco’s Talos threat intelligence and...

Linux Crypto-Miner Uses Kernel-Mode Rootkits for Evasion
2019-09-17 15:13

A recently discovered cryptocurrency mining malware targeting Linux machines is employing kernel-mode rootkits in an attempt to make detection more difficult, Trend Micro reveals. read more

Firefox 69 Now Blocks 3rd-Party Tracking Cookies and Cryptominers By Default
2019-09-04 09:33

Mozilla has finally enabled the "Enhanced Tracking Protection" feature for all of its web browser users worldwide by default with the official launch of Firefox 69 for Windows, Mac, Linux, and...

Norman Cryptominer Employs Sophisticated Obfuscation Tactics
2019-08-14 13:24

A new XMRig Monero cryptominer stands apart, despite its non-flashy name.

Smominru Cryptominer Scrapes Credentials for Half-Million Machines
2019-08-07 14:51

The adversaries have retooled with EternalBlue and credential theft to add a new "access mining" revenue stream.

macOS Crypto-Miner Emulates Linux
2019-06-21 14:46

New crypto-currency mining malware is targeting systems running macOS, and works by emulating Linux, Malwarebytes security researchers have discovered. read more

LoudMiner Cryptominer Uses Linux Image and Virtual Machines
2019-06-20 19:53

A Tiny Core Linux 9.0 image configured to run XMRig runs on a VM, rather than victim machines hosting the malware locally.

The cryptominer that kept coming back
2019-05-30 13:01

A Monero cryptominer made a home on an Apache Tomcat server and just wouldn't stay away.

Attackers Shift to Malware-Based Cryptominers
2019-04-08 08:03

Cryptocurrency Market Slide Makes In-Browser Mining Less AppealingBrowser-based cryptocurrency miners are falling out of favor as virtual currency prices remain low, IBM says. But the company says...

Monero cryptominers hijack hundreds of unpatched Docker hosts
2019-03-07 16:05

A recently-disclosed vulnerability in the Docker containerisation platform is being exploited by cybercriminals to mine the Monero (XMR) cryptocurrency on hundreds of servers.