Cryptocurrency

Cryptocurrency is a type of digital or virtual money that uses cryptography to secure transactions.

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Third-party JavaScript Abused To Steal Money From Cryptocurrency Exchange Users

Researchers at cyber security company ESET discovered that a website analytics platform was compromised in early November. Attackers were able to modify a JavaScript plugin used by websites to track visitor statistics.   Although

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Growth In Cryptocurrency Scams

Numerous cryptocurrency scams have emerged since the rising price of some currencies, notably Bitcoin and Ethereum, made them highly lucrative. 

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Docker Misconfiguration Cryptocurrency Campaign

Trend Micro recently observed cases of abuse of the systems running misconfigured Docker Engine-Community with Docker application program interface (API)

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MadoMiner Cryptocurrency Worm

MadoMiner is a newly observed cryptocurrency mining worm that uses large portions of the ZombieBoy remote access trojan’s code. MadoMiner uses the EternalBlue and DoublePulsar exploits, along with known RDP exploits,

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Google Ends Cryptocurrency Advertisement Ban

According to CNBC Google will be reversing part of their cryptocurrency advertisement ban.  Their initial ban across all cryptocurrency ads

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Some Kodi Add-ons Contain Malware And Mine Cryptocurrency

A number of add-ons for the media player have apparently been infected by cryptocurrency mining malware that affects Windows and Linux users.

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ZombieBoy Cryptocurrency RAT & Worm

ZombieBoy is a collection of remote access trojans (RAT) used to automatically identify and infect devices with cryptocurrency miners. The

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Cryptocurrency Miner Distributed via Weathermap Plugin

A cryptocurrency miner has been distributed via a PHP tool exploiting a vulnerability in the Weathermap network monitoring tool, targeting

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RedisWannaMine Cryptomining Worm

A new cryptocurrency mining worm has been observed targeting servers using the Redis data structure store. Named RedisWannaMine, it also

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JenkinsMiner Cryptocurrency Botnet

JenkinsMiner is a newly observed cryptocurrency mining botnet that targets servers running Jenkins, a popular Java-based automation platform. By sending

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