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[ad_1] Image: Hacking Cybercrime, through Pixabay In 2018, Kaspersky Lab reported a 4-fold increase in cryptomining attacks in the Middle East region, Turkey and Africa (META) from 3.5 million in 2017 to 13 million this year, said the company on December 14th. The increase in criptomining attacks in META occurs …

[ad_1] Source: iStock / GoodLifeStudio Another major campaign targeting Ethereum's mining platforms has been going on for at least a week, since December 3, ZDNet reported, citing Troy Mursch, co-founder of Bad Packets LLC, a computer security company. Attackers are scanning devices with port 8545 exposed online, which cost carefree …

[ad_1] Hackers have set off in motion to massive campaign that scans for Internet-exposed Ethereum wallets and mining equipment, ZDNet has learned today. The mass-scan campaign has been raging for at least a week, since December 3, Troy Mursch, co-founder of Bad Packets LLC told ZDNet. Attackers are scanning for …

[ad_2][ad_1] One of the worst things that happen to a cryptocurrency job test is a 51% attack. Such attacks undermine the immutability, and consequently the confidence in a blockchain. Satoshi Nakamoto summary test as "one-processor-one-vote. "Since then, the cryptocurrency extraction the industry has gone further processor extraction, which could calculate …

[ad_1] The global trend of global cryptocurrency malware will not be over soon. A newly discovered malware block specifically targets Linux and IoT devices. This is a different approach as most of these attacks focus on Windows devices. Researchers are worried that this new extraction software will make the cryptography …

[ad_2][ad_1] The increasing amount of hashing power that protects major cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, Litecoin and Ethereum can be useful for security on those networks, but is simultaneously compromising the security of smaller crypto-currencies than Proof of Work (PoW). For example, someone can take a small fraction of the hash power …

[ad_2][ad_1] Introducing ChainLocks – and they could be just what is needed to defeat 51% of the attacks … When a group of cryptocurrency miners is able to get control of over 50% of a network sway, the concern is that it gives him too much energy. Known as a …

[ad_2][ad_1] The Dash, which is a payment network, will soon introduce a new single network update, which will eliminate the threat of having about 51% of the attacks that occur on the protocol. With the ChainLocks platform, it is able to enable transactions to be easily protected and confirmed once …

[ad_1] The cryptocurrency market has started to repel an attack against the bear once again, which is now recovering with a single-digit growth. Last week was tough for the major Bitcoin cryptocurrencies [BTC], XRP and Ethereum [ETH], with coins showing loss percentages of 3.7%, 7.7% and 4.3% respectively. The most …

[ad_1] A group of Russian military intelligence officers indicted on Friday as part of an ongoing investigation into interference in the US presidential election of 2016 would use bitcoins to finance their operations. In the newly released prosecution, prosecutors say the 12 named intelligence officers have hacked computer networks and …