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Android Cryptocurrency Mining Malware Infecting Amazon Fire TV & Other Amazon Devices

Android-based cryptocurrency mining malware now started infecting Amazon Fire TV & Fire TV Stick Devices. It doesn't specifically target the Amazon devices but Amazon Fire...

New Cryptocurrency Mining Malware “MassMiner” Attacking Web Servers Using various Powerful Exploits

Newly discovered cryptocurrency mining malware called MasssMiner using various powerful exploits to compromise web servers to mine monero Cryptocurrency around the world. Its act as...

Hackers using ETERNALBLUE Exploit in Cryptocurrency Mining Malware to Mine Monero using Vulnerable Windows Machines

Dubbed Cryptocurrency mining malware PyRoMine using  ETERNALBLUE exploit to hack vulnerable windows based computer to mine Monero cryptocurrency. ETERNALBLUE is a Remote Code Execution (RCE)...

Sophisticated Cryptocurrency Mining RETADUP Worm Goes Polymorphic to Evade Detection by Security Scanners

A new variant of cryptocurrency mining RETADUP worm found shifted to AutoHotKey version an open source windows programming language that used for creating hotkeys. It allows...

Hackers Spreading Cryptocurrency Mining scripts via videos that Embedded in MS Office Word Documents

Microsoft word documents abused by Cryptocurrency Mining script embedded phishing Videos and victims tricked into watching an "innocent" video that leads to performing a crypto-Jacking Attack...

Attackers Hijacked 4275 Websites Including U.S. & UK Govt Sites to Run Cryptocurrency Mining Script

Attackers hijacked 4275 websites to inject Coinhive Monero miner including the websites of government authorities(ico.org.uk), NHS Foundation (nhs.uk), and uscourts.gov. Crypto-Mining Attacks are one...

Cryptocurrency Mining Smominru Botnet Infected more than 500,000 Windows Machines

Security researchers from Proofpoint detected Monero miners that spread using the infamous EternalBlue Exploit. Attackers using persistent Botnet dubbed Smominru to spread the infection...

More than 30 million people have been Affected with Biggest Cryptocurrency Mining Attack

Security researchers from Palo Alto Networks detected a large-scale cryptocurrency mining operation than last for more than 4 months. Researchers believe it impacted more...