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Monero
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20 years prison for Romanian hackers who infected 400,000 computers
Two Romanian hackers will be spending 20 and 18 years respectively in prison for infecting 400,000 computers.
December 10, 2019
Botnet found using YouTube to illegally mine cryptocurrency
This time again, hackers have been found mining a popular yet anonymized cryptocurrency. Read more to know what these hackers are up to...
November 28, 2019
Infected WAV files can install malware & cryptominers on PCs
Harmless-looking audio files can distribute cryptocurrency miners and malware? Indeed these can!
October 21, 2019
Thousands of firms hit by Beapy malware using NSA hacking tools
EternalBlue and DoublePulsar hacking tools are back in action. Symantec security researchers have identified that cybercriminals are still…
April 26, 2019
The Pirate Bay’s preferred cryptominer Coinhive shutting down next week
The Pirate Bay was caught twice secretly mining Monero cryptocurrency using Javascript powered by Coinhive. Popular in-browser crypto-mining service…
March 2, 2019
New Mac Malware steals iPhone text messages from iTunes backups
The IT security researchers at Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 have discovered a dangerous new Mac malware capable of…
February 1, 2019
A city in Texas is using paper after suffering ransomware attack
Another day, another devastating ransomware attack; this time, computers at The City Hall of Del Rio, Texas have suffered…
January 15, 2019
415,000 routers infected by cryptomining malware – Prime target MikroTik
According to a new report, around 415,000 routers throughout the world are infected with malware having the potential…
December 6, 2018
L0rdix malware on dark web steals data, mines crypto & enslaves PCs as botnet
There’s a new hacking tool circulating in the underground Dark Web forums that let cybercriminals target Microsoft Windows…
November 23, 2018
Headmaster caught mining cryptocurrency at school; gets fired
A Chinese school headmaster Lei Hua was caught mining cryptocurrency using the school’s electricity. As a result, he…
November 9, 2018