Cryptojacking may not be entirely gone following the shutdown of notorious cryptomining service Coinhive – but it’s drastically diminished.
Tag Archives: Monero
Official Monero site delivers malicious cash-grabbing wallet
If you downloaded the Monero command line wallet recently, check it before using it.
The cryptominer that kept coming back
A Monero cryptominer made a home on an Apache Tomcat server and just wouldn’t stay away.
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.
Monero fixes major ‘burning bug’ flaw, preventing mass devaluation
The flaw arises from the use of stealth wallet addresses, an anonymity concept that’s especially important to privacy-sensitive Monero users.
Unmasking Monero: stripping the currency’s privacy protection
The features that make blockchains trustworthy may leave them vulnerable to retrospective action.