cryptocurrency mining
Nuclear plant workers in Ukraine caught using “free” energy to mine cryptocurrency
Despite losing some steam in recent times, the cryptocurrency mining craze is still alive and kicking. Ukrainian local media reports that workers at a nuclear power plant have been caught mining cryptocurrency ...
Gentoo Repository Compromised Due to Weak Admin Password
The Gentoo Linux project has finished investigating the hacking last week of its GitHub-hosted package repository, an incident that resulted in attackers distributing malicious code to users. The point of entry turned ...
Study: More than 5 Percent of Monero Cryptocurrency was Mined by Malware
Unauthorized cryptocurrency mining has been one of the major malware trends this year, with attackers managing to mine more than 5 percent of Monero coins currently in circulation using abused devices. Researchers ...
RIG Exploit Kit Starts Using IE Zero-Day Flaw Patched in May
The latest version of the RIG exploit kit, a tool used by cybercriminals to launch large-scale drive-by download attacks, is exploiting an Internet Explorer vulnerability that was patched by Microsoft last month ...
Higher Education a Top Target for Cryptomining
You know an internet-based technology is becoming more accepted into the mainstream when cybercriminals make it a target for attacks. We saw it with malware designed specifically for Apple products, and later ...
Hackers Exploit Drupal Vulnerability to Install Cryptocurrency Miners
A highly critical vulnerability patched in the popular Drupal content management system two weeks ago is seeing a wave of exploits, some of which install cryptocurrency mining malware on servers. The vulnerability ...
More Than 15 Million Users Infected with Monero Mining Malware
A large-scale malicious campaign has surreptitiously installed “mining” software for the Monero cryptocurrency on at least 15 million—and as many as 30 million—systems around the world. The campaign has been active for ...
Adobe Fixes Critical Flash Player Vulnerability Exploited in the Wild
Adobe Systems released an emergency patch for a critical vulnerability in Flash Player that was being exploited in the wild through Microsoft Word documents to infect computers with a known surveillance tool ...
