cryptocurrency mining

Hackers Abusing Docker Hub Account to Mine Monero Cryptocurrency

Researchers observed a malicious Docker Hub account, "azurenql" that was active since October 2019 hosting malicious images to mine cryptocurrency,…

4 years ago

Miner Malware Uses Multiple Propagation Methods to Infect Windows Machines and to Drop Monero Miner

A miner malware that uses a number of techniques that includes EternalBlue, Powershell abuse, pass-the-hash technique, Windows admin tools, and…

6 years ago

New Hacking Group Outlaw Distributing Botnet to Scan The Network & Perform Cryptocurrency-Mining & Brute-Force Attack

A new hacking group called Outlaw distributing powerful botnet in order to perform the network scanning crypto-mining operation, a brute-force attack on…

6 years ago

Cryptocurrency-Mining Botnet Attack SSH Service Running IoT Devices

Newly discovered cryptocurrency mining bot targeting the Internet of Things (IoT) devices which contain SSH service and  IoT-related ports, including…

6 years ago

Russian Scientists arrested for using Secret Nuclear Weapons Lab Supercomputer to Mine Bitcoin

Russian Scientists arrested for using All-Russian Research Institute of Experimental Physics supercomputers to mine bitcoins secretly. The institute was located…

7 years ago

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…

7 years ago