Tag: crypto-jacking
Security & Ransomware
Crowd Strike Holdings Warns of New Crypto Jacking Scheme
Crowd Strike Holdings Inc. – a security research firm – has released a new report detailing what has been labeled the first crypto jacking...
Altcoin News
Crypto-Mining Malware May Have Affected Supercomputers
Several supercomputers in European nations have been shut down following reports that they’ve been infected with cryptocurrency mining malware. Thus far, devices in countries...
Bitcoin News
BTC-Intercepting Malware Uncovered On Ruby Gems
Crypto theft is quite common, and it’s no laughing matter. Recently, as many as 725 separate forms of malware were discovered on the Ruby...
Blogs
Is the New Cooking Mama Game the Latest Crypto Jacking Culprit?
A new game known as Cooking Mama: Cookstar is believed to have been hiding a cryptocurrency miner within its code. The game has already...
Altcoin News
Monero Is Easily Today’s Biggest Price Gainer
At the time of writing, the privacy-focused cryptocurrency Monero is allegedly outperforming bitcoin, the world’s number one cryptocurrency by market cap.
Monero Is Up, Up...
Bitcoin Mining
Taylor Swift Picture Is the Latest Tool Used in Crypto-Jacking Efforts
People seem to love celebrities. Even cryptocurrency hackers have a thing for famous individuals as recently witnessed in a case of one hacker utilizing...
Bitcoin Mining
Bad Packets Will Scan Entire Internet to Prevent Crypto Jacking
Researchers at the hacking group Bad Packets are doing a widespread scan of the internet to see which pages, sites and channels are potentially...
Bitcoin News
“Save Yourself” BTC Malware Is Doing More Damage These Days
Bitcoin has grown exponentially over the past year or so, and this has made many hackers and malicious actors want to target cryptocurrency owners....
Altcoin News
Lazarus Is Back: Researchers Uncover New Hacking Case
Is it possible that North Korea is back in the cryptocurrency hacking space? According to one source, that’s exactly the case. Researchers say they’ve...
Bitcoin News
New Glupteba Malware Striking Bitcoin Network
A deadly strain of malware is hitting the bitcoin blockchain. Known as Glupteba malware, it uses the bitcoin network to resist potential attacks, according...
Blogs
Crypto Jacking Software Clipsa Has Been Mostly Unsuccessful
The cryptocurrency space is often subjected to fraud, malicious activity and crypto jacking, so it’s always refreshing when a hacker’s illicit attempts are thwarted...
Altcoin News
Illicit Mining Campaign Targeting Monero Is Uncovered
A new campaign designed to illicitly mine cryptocurrency has been uncovered. Known as Smominru, the campaign has already targeted approximately 500,000 computer networks around...
