cryptojacking Archives

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24 January, 2021

Indian police arrest alleged BTC scammer, seizing $1.2 million

Authorities in the city of Bengaluru announced they had detained a man named Srikrishna on suspicion of hacking into government...

Hackers use Monero cryptojacking as decoy for more invasive attacks: report

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6 December, 2020

Hackers use Monero cryptojacking as decoy for more invasive attacks: report

A group called BISMUTH has reportedly attacked a number of targets linked to governments in Vietnam and France in recent...

Australian man caught mining on supercomputers avoids jail

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22 September, 2020

Australian man caught mining on supercomputers avoids jail

Jonathan Khoo was a contractor at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, a federal government’s scientific research agency.

5 Chinese hackers face cryptojacking, wire fraud charges in US

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21 September, 2020

5 Chinese hackers face cryptojacking, wire fraud charges in US

Prosecutors said the five defendants engaged in computer intrusions that affected several companies in the United States and beyond.

New Anubis malware targets digital currency wallets on Windows

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6 September, 2020

New Anubis malware targets digital currency wallets on Windows

The malware shares a name with yet another potent banking Trojan that has been targeting Android smartphones for months now.

US lab builds AI system to detect illegal block miners

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27 August, 2020

US lab builds AI system to detect illegal block miners

The Los Alamos National Laboratory revealed the new system, citing the rising cases of cryptojacking in Europe as one of...

Sophisticated cryptojacking malware targets banking and education

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25 August, 2020

Sophisticated cryptojacking malware targets banking and education

The FritzFrog malware botnet has reportedly infected millions of IP addresses worldwide, targeting banks, educational and medical institutions, and government...

Digital currency mining worm targets AWS credentials: researchers

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21 August, 2020

Digital currency mining worm targets AWS credentials: researchers

Cado Security described the attack as “unsophisticated,” having only raised $300 according to blockchain data.

Digital currency users in India ‘5x more likely’ to be hack victims

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4 August, 2020

Digital currency users in India ‘5x more likely’ to be hack victims

Users in India are nearly five times as likely as digital currency users elsewhere to encounter the so-called “cryptojacking” attacks.

‘Sophisticated’ cyber criminals attack Australia networks

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30 June, 2020

‘Sophisticated’ cyber criminals attack Australia networks

Australia has been the target of ‘sophisticated state-based cyber actor’ that targeted government, industrial and health systems using a cryptojacking...

BlackBerry and Intel launch cryptojacking detection tool