cryptocurrency
Traffic manipulation and cryptocurrency mining campaign compromised 40,000+ machines
Unknown attackers have compromised 40,000+ servers, networking and IoT devices around the world and are using them to mine Monero and redirect traffic to websites hosting tech …
Are attackers harnessing your Redis server?
Earlier this year security researchers warned about vulnerable Apache Solr, Redis, and Windows servers hit with cryptominers. Imperva now says that that are still too many …
Cryptomining apps are on the rise, malicious apps in app stores decline
RiskIQ analyzed 120 mobile app stores and more than two billion daily scanned resources. The findings showed that taking advantage of the popularity and volatility of the …
How security pros see the future of cryptocurrencies and cryptomining
Data gathered by Lastline at RSA Conference 2018 reveals security professionals’ perspectives on the future of cryptocurrencies and cryptomining, response to ransomware …
Dig this: The future of crypto-mining botnets
The blockchain sector is now bursting with innovation, with developers looking for new, pragmatic ways to use this secure distributed ledger technology across a range of …
MyEtherWallet users robbed after successful DNS hijacking attack
Unknown attackers have managed to steal approximately $150,000 in Ethereum from a number of MyEtherWallet (MEW) users, after having successfully redirected them to a phishing …
Exfiltrating private keys from air-gapped cold wallets
Air-gapped cold wallets might be one of the safest options for keeping your cryptocurrency stash, but even they can be compromised. And, as demonstrated by security …
Cryptominers displace ransomware as the number one threat
During the first three months of 2018, cryptominers surged to the top of detected malware incidents, displacing ransomware as the number one threat, Comodo’s Global …
2.5 billion crypto mining attempts detected in enterprise networks
The volume of cryptomining transactions has been steadily growing since Coinhive came out with its browser-based cryptomining service in September 2017. Some websites have …
Google to purge cryptomining extensions from Chrome Web Store
In a bid to prevent Chrome users’ computers being covertly used for cryptocurrency mining, Google will try to purge the Chrome Web Store of extensions that hijack …
Using biometrics to protect crypto currency
The rise of crypto currency is something that investors have monitored closely. Whether Bitcoin, Zcash or Ripple, the rise of this digital currency is here to stay. With this …
Crypto mining runs rampant in higher education: Is it students?
The higher education sector exhibited a startling increase in potentially damaging cryptocurrency mining behaviors, according to Vectra. The Attacker Behavior Industry Report …