Security News

Malicious USB Drives Infect 35,000 Computers With Crypto-Mining Botnet
2020-04-24 03:38

Cybersecurity researchers from ESET on Thursday said they took down a portion of a malware botnet comprising at least 35,000 compromised Windows systems that attackers were secretly using to mine Monero cryptocurrency. "The main activity of the botnet is mining Monero cryptocurrency," ESET said.

Malicious USB Drives Infect 35,000 Computers With Crypto-Mining Botnet
2020-04-24 03:38

Cybersecurity researchers from ESET on Thursday said they took down a portion of a malware botnet comprising at least 35,000 compromised Windows systems that attackers were secretly using to mine Monero cryptocurrency. "The main activity of the botnet is mining Monero cryptocurrency," ESET said.

Zoom Removes Data-Mining LinkedIn Feature
2020-04-02 16:58

Zoom has nixed a feature that came under fire for "Undisclosed data mining" of users' names and email addresses, used to match them with their LinkedIn profiles. Zoom founder Eric Yuan said in a Wednesday post responding to the concerns that Zoom will freeze the development of its features and instead focusing on security and privacy issues.

Facebook will stop mining contacts with your 2FA number
2019-12-23 11:03

Facebook clearly likes to use as much of your personal data as it feels it can, and that includes the phone number linked to your 2FA setting.

Palo Alto Networks discovers new cryptojacking worm mining for Monero
2019-10-17 13:51

This is the first time that a cryptojacking attack has been observed on Docker.

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

Coin-mining malware jumps from ARM IoT gear to Intel servers
2019-08-30 23:22

Cryptocurrency crooks look to siphon cycles from enterprise kit Exclusive A coin-mining malware infection previously only seen on ARM IoT devices has made the jump to Intel systems.…

Illegal Cryptocurrency Mining at Ukraine Nuclear Plant Exposed Sensitive Data
2019-08-23 12:17

Sensitive information from a nuclear power plant in Ukraine was exposed due to an illegal cryptocurrency mining operation run by workers, according to several media reports. read more

Crypto-Mining Botnet Implements BlueKeep Scanner
2019-07-25 15:35

A cryptocurrency-mining botnet has recently added a scanner for the BlueKeep RDP protocol vulnerability, Intezer’s security researchers have discovered.  read more