Security News

Five Charged in $722 Million Cryptomining Ponzi Scheme
2019-12-11 22:18

Prosecutors: Defendants Falsely Promised Big ReturnsThe Justice Department has charged five individuals with running a high-tech Ponzi scheme that allegedly fleeced investors out of $722 million...

BlueKeep Attacks Arrive, Bearing Cryptomining Malware
2019-11-04 10:48

Exploit Isn't a Worm, but Experts Remain Braced for MayhemThe cybersecurity community had been holding its breath in anticipation of mass attacks targeting the severe BlueKeep vulnerability in...

Singapore Man Charged in Large-Scale Cryptomining Scheme
2019-10-11 15:33

Prosecutors Say Suspect Stole IDs and Cloud Resources to Mine Virtual CurrenciesA Singapore man allegedly ran a large-scale cryptocurrency mining scheme that involved using stolen identities to...

Cryptomining Crook Steals Game Developer’s Identity to Carry Out Dirty Work
2019-10-10 20:32

An alleged fraudster built a vast web of AWS cloud accounts, becoming the platform's biggest consumer of data resources.

Singaporean Indicted in U.S. for Illegal Crypto-Mining
2019-10-10 13:47

A citizen of Singapore has been charged in the United States for a large-scale cryptocurrency mining operation performed using stolen identity and credit card information. read more

2019-09-12 16:07

The WatchBog cryptocurrency-mining botnet is heavily reliant on the Pastebin website for command and control (C&C) operations, Cisco Talos’ security researchers reveal. read more

Firefox now blocks third-party tracking cookies, cryptomining scripts by default
2019-09-04 04:45

It took a lot of testing and tweaking, but Mozilla’s Firefox browser is finally being delivered with Enhanced Tracking Protection and a web-based cryptomining blocking feature on by default. The...

Analysis: How Police Disrupted a Cryptomining Malware Gang
2019-08-30 12:04

The latest edition of the ISMG Security Report offers an analysis of how French cyber police disrupted a cryptomining malware gang. Also featured: Apple's botched patching of a jailbreaking...

Dangerous Cryptomining Worm Racks Up 850K Infections, Self-Destructs
2019-08-28 14:12

Law enforcement takedown causes Retadup malware to eat itself.

Backdoored Ruby gems stole credentials, injected cryptomining code
2019-08-21 11:52

The compromise of several older versions of a popular Ruby software package (aka a Ruby “gem”) has led to the discovery of a more widespread effort to inject malware and mining software through...