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2019 Being The Year Of Cryptojacking, Confirmed By IBM

April 8, 2019
by Julia Sowells
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All End Point products used by enterprises supplied by antivirus vendors are not yet ready for the newest weapon by cybercriminals, cryptojacking. Also, known as cryptocurrency mining malware, they are…

Death Of Coinhive: Status Of Cryptojacking Malware

March 14, 2019
by Julia Sowells
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The age of ransomware is slowly ending, not because it is losing steam, its authors continue to earn profit from poor victims that do not have an effective backup system…

MacOS based Cryptojacking Malware In The Wild Exposed 1

CookieMiner, An Active MacOS-based Cryptojacking Malware In The Wild Exposed

February 1, 2019
by Julia Sowells
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The very prolific Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 has made a huge discovery again, as they revealed to the public another cryptocurrency mining malware. Known as CookieMiner, it is a…

Beware of Sideloading Android Apps Cryptojacking Malware Spreading in the Wild

Beware Of Cryptojacking Malware In Sideloading Android Apps

August 27, 2018
by Julia Sowells
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Security and privacy are the two foundations of Google’s persistence for promoting the use of their Play Store as the source for Android apps. Google checks apps published in the…

Cryptomining malware The New Cash Cow of Virus Authors

Why Cryptomining Malware Is The New Cash Cow of Virus Authors

July 3, 2018
by Kevin Jones
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As electricity rates go up, and ASIC machines are increasing in price, people of questionable character that place bets in mining have only one solution left. This is to enable…

Hackers are now increasingly exploiting cryptojacking malware without needing active browsers

Hackers Now Launch Cryptomining Campaigns That Operate Without Active Browsers

April 24, 2018
by Kevin Jones
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Hackers are now increasingly exploiting cryptojacking malware without needing active browsers, as per a recent report. Cyber security firm Check Point, in its latest Global Threat Index, states how hackers…