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Law enforcement takedown causes Retadup malware to eat itself.
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...
A cryptocurrency-mining botnet has recently added a scanner for the BlueKeep RDP protocol vulnerability, Intezer’s security researchers have discovered. read more
A recently uncovered cryptomining campaign is delivering a new Golang malware to target Linux-based servers, F5 Networks security researchers report. read more
Cybersecurity researchers from at least two firms today unveiled details of a new strain of malware that targets Windows and macOS systems with a Linux-based cryptocurrency mining malware. It may...
A rapidly-expanding campaign has infected 50,000 servers with malware that mines an open source cryptocurrency called TurtleCoin.
Mozilla this week released Firefox 67 to the stable channel with improved protection against tracking and with fingerprinting and crypto-mining protection capabilities. read more
There is a direct correlation between cryptocurrency and DDoS attacks. As the price of cryptocurrency dropped in 2018, leading to decreased profits from cryptomining, hackers on the black market...
While cryptomining services such as Coinhive have closed down, cryptominers are still the most prevalent malware aimed at organizations globally, according to the Check Point Global Threat Index...
Roughly one year ago, KrebsOnSecurity published a lengthy investigation into the individuals behind Coinhive[.]com, a cryptocurrency mining service that has been heavily abused to force hacked Web...