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Android Trojan Targets 400 Crypto and Finance Apps
2022-12-22T16:36:57.327+02:00
Malware impersonates popular apps of banks, wallets and crypto exchanges.
It is most active in the US and Turkey.
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‘Highly Professional’ Cryptojacking Malware Targets Banking, Education Sectors
2020-08-20T08:43:21.000+02:00
Researchers at Guardicore say that the malware was created by “highly professional software developers.”
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$7.5M in Monero Demanded in Alleged Cyber Attack on Argentinian Telecom Giant
2020-07-20T09:23:03.000+02:00
Rumors of a ransomware attack on Telecom SA appear to have originated on Twitter.
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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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Ransomware Crypto Demands Surged to $115,000 on Average in 2019: Report
2020-06-08T10:02:23.000+02:00
Crypsis Group found that the sums of money demanded by ransomware attackers had surged 200% between 2018 and 2019.
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'Zorab' Fake Decryption Tool Exploits Ransomware Victims' Desperation
2020-06-08T08:40:03.000+02:00
The fake decryption tool will actually double-encrypt compromised files, making a bad problem even worse.
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Crypto Malware Downs Supercomputers in Europe, Slowing COVID-19 Research
2020-05-18T09:38:51.000+02:00
Supercomputers in the UK, Spain, and Germany have been shut down to investigate crypto mining malware infections.
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Zcash Community Finds Fake ZecWallet in Circulation
2019-10-21T12:43:50.000+02:00
The wallet is a fake version of the official Zcash wallet.
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Malicious Malware Saefko Digs into Devices of Crypto Users
2019-08-09T22:58:09.000+02:00
Among other things, Saefko searches for particular crypto websites that have been visited by the user.
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Cloud Computers are New Target of Crypto Mining Malware: Report
2019-07-25T11:26:08.000+02:00
Around 700 computers become targets of such malware every day.
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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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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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Fake Cryptohopper Website Distributes Malware to Steal Crypto
2019-06-06T15:00:11.000+02:00
The Trojans steal user information and upload them to a remote server.
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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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Newly Found Android Malware is Targeting Major Crypto Exchanges
2019-03-29T14:27:30.000+02:00
It is specifically targeting 32 digital asset exchanges around the globe.
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Researchers Find 100+ Pieces of Cryptojacking Malware Disguised as Flash Player
2018-10-12T10:04:53.000+02:00
Flash player has long been the favorite 'sleeper cell' of many malware developers.
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Almost Two Thirds of UK IT Companies Have Been Crypto-Jacked
2018-08-16T15:34:46.000+02:00
Big companies are very aware of hackers using their computers to mine cryptocurrency without permission.
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'SamSam' Ransomware Has Made $300,000 a Month Since 2016
2018-08-02T16:21:13.000+02:00
Cybersecurity firm Sophos thinks that the ransomware is the work of one person working alone.
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20 Crypto-Jackers Arrested in China
2018-07-09T16:53:18.000+02:00
The malware infected around one million computers and mined more than $2 million.
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Japanese Man Sentenced to a Year in Prison for Using Cryptojacking Malware
2018-07-03T11:42:52.000+02:00
The sentencing is the first of its kind in Japan.
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2.3m BTC Addresses Monitored by Malware that ‘Hijacks’ Clipboards
2018-07-03T10:39:46.000+02:00
Reports emerged in June that $1.1 billion in crypto has been stolen by malware since January.
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Avast Exposes the Risks of Crypto-Mining to Unaware Users
2018-04-16T21:53:53.000+02:00
RSA 2018: Avast showcases the vulnerabilities of crypto-mining via an IoT experiment in order to raise awareness of the risks to smart devices
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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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