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Mac crypto miner distributed via MacUpdate, other software download sites
2018-02-05 21:15

Software download site/aggregator MacUpdate has been spotted delivering a new Mac crypto miner to users. A new Mac cryptominer was being distributed from hacked MacUpdate pages yesterday,...

Crypto Miners May Be the ‘New Payload of Choice’ for Attackers
2018-02-01 18:23

Crypto mining botnets provide a stealthy way to generate big bucks, without the downsides of ransomware.

Crypto-Miner Botnet Spreads over SSH
2018-01-04 14:29

A recently discovered Linux crypto-miner botnet spreading over the SSH protocol is based on the Python scripting language, which makes it difficult to detect, F5 Networks has discovered. read more

μTorrent comes bundled with crypto-miner, users are furious (Help Net Security)
2015-03-09 15:19

BitTorrent, the company responsible for the development of the BitTorrent peer-to-peer protocol as well as that of μTorrent, a widely used torrent client, has been criticized for bundling the pop...