A new SophosLabs report takes you inside a cryptomining gang.
Tag Archives: cryptojacking
US offers up to $5m reward for information on North Korean hackers
UN experts believe the DPRK cyber-steals and launders money, extorts companies and funnels the cash into its nuclear program.
Cryptojacking is almost conquered – crushed along with coinhive.com
Cryptojacking may not be entirely gone following the shutdown of notorious cryptomining service Coinhive – but it’s drastically diminished.
IOTA shuts down network temporarily to fight wallet hacker
Popular cryptocurrency IOTA has temporarily shut down its entire network after a hacker stole funds from ten of its highest-value users.
Brexit – even cybercriminals want to have their say…
These crooks stashed a message in the virus code itelf – we found it, but we don’t know which way to take it!
Official Monero site delivers malicious cash-grabbing wallet
If you downloaded the Monero command line wallet recently, check it before using it.
Capital One cryptojacking suspect indicted
The former software engineer allegedly created scanners to look for misconfigured servers rented from a cloud computing company.
Monero cryptominers hijack hundreds of unpatched Docker hosts
A recently-disclosed vulnerability in the Docker containerisation platform is being exploited by cybercriminals to mine the Monero (XMR) cryptocurrency on hundreds of servers.
How to become a Monero million(th)aire in just 20 minutes [PODCAST]
Here’s Episode 7 of the Naked Security podcast – enjoy.
Cryptojacking – coming to a server-laptop-phone near you (and how to stop it)
Cryptomining apps were banned from the Play Store some time ago – but that hasn’t stopped the crooks getting cryptojackers past Google…