Crypto-Mining Spikes 500% on Corporate Networks

Tara Seals The volume of crypto-mining transactions has grown, spiking almost 500% on corporate networks. Cybersecurity firm Zscaler has blocked more than 2.5 billion crypto-mining attempts in the last six months.…

Crypto-Biz CoinDash Handed Back $17m from 'Hacker'

Phil Muncaster Crypto-currency start-up CoinDash is set to officially launch today with an unexpected gift from a hacker, after it was handed back 20,000 Ethereum (ETH) stolen last year. The…

Coinhive Crypto-Miner Now Affecting a Quarter of the World's Organizations

Tara Seals Crypto-mining malware has continued to grow globally, with 23% of organizations worldwide affected by the Coinhive variant during January. That’s according to Check Point’s Global Threat Impact Index,…

Hackers steal $400,000 of crypto-currency

ackers have stolen $400,000 (£290,000) of the virtual currency Stellar Lumen in an online attack on Saturday. The group hijacked the server that hosts BlackWallet, a web-based wallet application that…

Popular streaming sites secretly mine cryptocurrency while you watch free movies

AdGuard discovered crypto-jacking schemes at Openload, Streamango, Rapidvideo and OnlineVideoConverter, affecting nearly 1 billion users per month. By Ms. Smith Tremendously popular video-streaming sites, with nearly a billion monthly visitors,…