Security News

Firefox Now Has Fingerprinting and Crypto-mining Protection
2019-05-21 20:33

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

What is shadow mining and why is it a security threat?
2019-04-05 05:15

The majority of organizations are overlooking the threat of shadow mining, with 65 percent of organizations unfamiliar with the term and more than half (57 percent) unfamiliar with the...

Cryptocurrency mining attacks still major security risk, despite closure of Coinhive
2019-03-14 13:58

Cryptojacking attacks can be executed in more ways than JavaScript files in browsers, and cryptocurrency mining is moving to cloud services, according to AT&T Cybersecurity.

Your systems, their profit: How IT rights can be abused for shadow mining of cryptocurrency
2019-03-01 15:00

IT professionals have the know-how and requisite privileges to deploy Bitcoin miners, and to cover their tracks. Could your organization be at risk?

Hackers Favorite CoinHive Cryptocurrency Mining Service Shutting Down
2019-02-28 11:03

Coinhive, a notorious in-browser cryptocurrency mining service popular among cybercriminals, has announced that it will discontinue its services on March 8, 2019. Regular readers of The Hacker...

Crypto Mining Service Coinhive to Call it Quits
2019-02-27 23:19

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...

Monero: Cybercrime’s Top Choice for Mining Malware
2019-01-23 18:17

Illicit Monero-mining malware accounts for more than 4 percent of the XMR in circulation, and has created $57 million in profits for the bad guys.

Mining malware evades agent-based cloud security solutions
2019-01-18 06:30

Cloud infrastructures are a growing target for threat actors looking to mine cryptocurrency, as their vast computational power allows them to multiply the mining malware’s effect. Keeping its...

New Crypto-Mining Attacks Leverage NSA-Linked EternalBlue Exploit
2019-01-03 15:57

A new version of the NRSMiner is actively spreading in the southern region of Asia. The majority of detections (54%) have been found in Vietnam, followed by Iran (16%) and Malaysia (12%). The new...

For recent big data software vulnerabilities, botnets and coin mining are just the beginning
2018-11-26 06:30

The phrase “with great power comes great responsibility” was excellent advice when Ben Parker said it to his nephew Peter, aka Spiderman. It is even more applicable to any organization using open...