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The Devil's in the Details of a New Cryptojacking Malware: Meet "Lucifer"
2020-06-29T10:24:44.000+02:00
Palto Alto Networks' Unit 42 has discovered a particularly powerful new kind of Monero-mining malware.
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Hackers Target Microsoft Azure Servers to Illegally Mine Crypto
2020-06-12T13:32:43.000+02:00
These servers are generating massive computing power needed for machine learning applications.
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Hackers Mining Monero in Over 1,000 Enterprise Computers
2020-05-26T11:34:11.000+02:00
Researchers believe that the number of affected servers is significantly higher than the visible ones.
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Two Russians Prosecuted for Mining Crypto on Government Computers
2019-12-17T12:38:33.000+02:00
Criminal cases were brought against the perpetrators.
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Hackers Using Process Hollowing to Hide Crypto Jacking from Detection
2019-12-13T08:34:51.000+02:00
The mining process is also controlled to avoid any unnecessary alarms.
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Stantinko Botnet Starts Cryptojacking, Uses YouTube to Evade Detection
2019-11-29T10:29:44.000+02:00
The botnet infected more than half-a-million devices since 2012.
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Cryptojacking Scripts Found in 11 Open-Source Code Libraries
2019-08-22T13:45:07.000+02:00
The infected libraries have infected thousands of users’ computers.
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'Ryuk' Crypto Ransomware Discovered & Studied by Tencent in China
2019-07-19T09:00:04.000+02:00
Tencent's Yujian Threat Intelligence Center received a ransom request for 11 BTC.
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New Cryptojacking Malware is Targeting Linux Servers
2019-07-08T08:55:48.000+02:00
The malware uses XMRig 2.13.1 to mine Monero.
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Deja Vu? Monero Botnet Has Close Resemblance to "Outlaw" Attack
2019-06-14T09:10:46.000+02:00
TrendMicro suspects that a group of hackers who launched a Monero mining malware campaign last year is at it again.
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Firefox Gets Option to Block Crypto Mining Scripts
2019-05-24T12:40:48.000+02:00
Many popular websites were recently found running scripts to mine crypto on visitors’ devices.
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Shellbot Malware Evolves, Shuts Crypto Miners on Infected Devices
2019-05-02T12:37:59.000+02:00
The malware is earning $300 per day by crypto jacking.
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Coinhive Closure and Mozilla Could Crash Crypto Hacking
2019-04-05T11:45:17.000+02:00
With one company shutting down and the other developing new anti-virus tools, we could see a decline in crypto jacking activity
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Japan Court Acquits Man for Cryptojacking
2019-03-28T10:49:43.000+02:00
The man was using Coinhive to mine Monero on others’ computers without taking permission.
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Cryptojacking-Associated Mining Service 'Coinhive' Shuts Down
2019-02-28T09:21:27.000+02:00
Coinhive said in a blog post that the shutdown is the result of economic inviability.
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McAfee: Cryptojacking Increased by 4,000 Percent in 2018
2018-12-20T14:03:32.000+02:00
The cyber security firm found malware attached to flash players and sent via messaging apps.
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Hackers Attacked by Bear: Crypto-Jacking is Declining
2018-11-29T14:47:00.000+02:00
The cyber-security company names cryptocurrency mining as its story of the year.
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Japan May Prosecute Cryptojackers as Criminals, Marking Legal First
2018-06-13T16:39:52.000+02:00
Over 180,000 computer terminals in Japan have been mining cryptocurrency this year.
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Analysis: What Does Microsoft's Acquisition of GitHub Mean for Monero?
2018-06-05T12:43:42.000+02:00
Developers are migrating to GitLab en masse in wake of announcement.
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New Cryptojacker Shuts Down Computer When Confronted by Antivirus
2018-05-17T14:16:47.000+02:00
WinstarNssmMiner has already gotten away with thousands of dollars.
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Sweden Sees Surge of Cybercrime with Crypto-Jacking Cases up 10,000%
2018-03-22T13:17:58.000+02:00
Criminals are switching to hijacking victims' computers to mine cryptocurrency
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Thousands of US, UK Government Sites Targeted with Cryptojacking Malware
2018-02-12T11:03:01.000+02:00
Website codes were compromised via widely used plugin, BrowseAloud, which succeeded in affecting over 4k sites
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