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Avoid Becoming a Crypto-Mining Bot: Where to Look for Mining Malware and How to Respond
2018-02-28 17:16

At a white elephant party in northern Colorado in December, a friend of mine was telling me that he’d borrowed against his children’s college funds to put money into three different...

Thousands of government, orgs’ websites found serving crypto mining script
2018-02-12 17:37

On Sunday, over 4,200 websites around the world started hijacking visitors’ browsers to mine the Monero crypto currency. The attack The problem was first noticed and partly documented by security...

Crypto Mining Malware Infects Thousands of Websites
2018-02-12 15:01

Hacked Script Infects Several Government Sites with Cryptominer read more

Government Websites Deliver Cryptocurrency Mining Code
2018-02-12 10:03

Security of Code Pushed by Content Delivery Networks Remains Ongoing ConcernMore than 4,200 websites, some belonging to the U.S., U.K. and Australian governments, have been turning their visitors'...

Week in review: Crypto-mining malware hits SCADA network, server-side exploits dominate threat landscape
2018-02-12 02:26

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles: When crypto-mining malware hits a SCADA network Radiflow has recently discovered Monero-mining malware on five servers...

Hospital Hit With Cryptocurrency Mining Malware
2018-02-08 21:33

Are More Healthcare Sector Entities at Risk?Do healthcare entities face a growing risk of being hit with cryptocurrency mining attacks, which have become more common in other sectors? A Tennessee...

Water Utility Infected by Cryptocurrency Mining Software
2018-02-08 17:55

A water utility in Europe has been infected by cryptocurrency mining software. This is a relatively new attack: hackers compromise computers and force them to mine cryptocurrency for them. This is...

When crypto-mining malware hits a SCADA network
2018-02-08 17:20

Stealthy crypto-mining is on track to surpass ransomware as cybercriminals’ most favorite money-making option, and companies with computers and servers that run all day and night long are the...

Cryptocurrency Mining Malware Hits Monitoring Systems at European Water Utility
2018-02-08 04:48

Malware Chewed Up CPU of HMI at Wastewater Facility Cryptocurrency mining malware worked its way onto four servers connected to an operational technology (OT) network at a wastewater facility in...

Android devices roped into new Monero-mining botnet
2018-02-07 17:15

A new Monero-mining bot sprang up a few days ago and, in just a few days, has created a botnet consisting of over 7,000 Android devices, most of which are located in China (39%) and Korea (39%)....