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Monero
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Five year old vulnerability used for Monero mining on Linux servers
A security vulnerability that is nearly 5 years old has now become the favorite tool of hackers as…
March 24, 2018
Teen Hacks Ledger Hardware Cryptocurrency Wallet
A 15-year-old IT security researcher Saleem Rashid has identified a set of three highly critical vulnerabilities in hardware…
March 22, 2018
Hackers Hide Monero Cryptominer in Scarlett Johansson’s Picture
Security researchers have identified a new but unusually distributed Monero cryptominer scam campaign involving the face of a…
March 17, 2018
Google to ban cryptocurrency and ICO ads from June 2018
Google will ban all advertisements promoting cryptocurrencies and Initial Coin Offering (ICO) from June 2018. This means after the social…
March 14, 2018
State Spy Programs, espionage & Monero mining – fingers point at Sandvine
Sandvine Products and Technology Used by Egypt, Turkey, and Syrian Governments to Install Spyware and Monero Mining. A Canadian…
March 10, 2018
ComboJack Malware Steals Cryptocurrency by Modifying Addresses
A new cryptocurrency-stealing malware dubbed as ComboJack has been discovered by Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 and Proofpoint…
March 6, 2018
Stolen: 600 Bitcoin Mining Computers in Iceland & 153 from Malaysia
Bitcoin is a kind of cryptocurrency which every user, hacker, and criminal wants to own. For this, some…
March 4, 2018
DDoS Attacks Now Launched with Monero Ransom Notes
After a brief hiatus, attackers have returned with a series of new DDoS attacks and this time they…
March 3, 2018
Beware; rTorrent Client Exploited to Mine Monero Cryptocurrency
rTorrent Client Exploited to Mine Monero Cryptocurrency Thanks to XML-RPC Misconfiguration Vulnerability. According to the findings of F5…
March 2, 2018
LA Times website hacked to mine Monero cryptocurrency
Another day, another Monero cryptocurrency miner – This time, the target was LA times’ The Homicide Report website. Troy Mursch,…
February 24, 2018