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.…
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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,…
Sewage plant 'hacked' to craft crypto-coins
Mining Monero on SCADA networks? Why can’t you kids be normal and just DDoS By Iain Thomson Updated Infosec bods say they have uncovered what’s thought to be the first…
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,…