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[ad_2][ad_1] Cybersecurity researchers are warning of a recent spike in activity from a stealth digital currency mining botnet. Known as Lemon Duck, it targets Windows users and spreads by sending Rich Text Format (RTF) files via email. Lemon Duck has been around since December 2018. However, researchers from the Cisco-owned …

[ad_2][ad_1] Since late August, cybersecurity researchers have identified increased activity on a cryptocurrency botnet called “Lemon Duck”. The botnet has been around since December 2018, however a large jump in activity over the past six weeks suggests that the malware has infiltrated far more machines to leverage their assets to …

[ad_2][ad_1] Cybersecurity company Guardicore Labs revealed the identification of a malicious crypto-mining botnet that has been operating for nearly two years on April 1. The threat actor, nicknamed “ Vollgar ” based on his mining of the little-known altcoin, Vollar (VSD), targets Windows machines running MS-SQL servers, of which Guardicore …

[ad_2][ad_1] Kaspersky Labs, the leading cybersecurity unit, warned hackers to "reprofile" the best-known botnets in the world it in mass in order to spread their cryptocurrency mining malware as much as possible. A new security bulletin shows the significant decline in 2018 in the price of Bitcoins and investor interest …

[ad_1] Mining In recent cryptocurrency mining news, Bitfury announced a "suite" of products powered by the company's new mining chip, a botnet that hunts and destroys XMR malware has been discovered by security researchers and Soluna announced that the construction of its Moroccan wind farm will begin in January Read …

[ad_1] Security researchers have discovered a new botnet that, rather than posing a threat, seems to seek and destroy a type of crypto-mining malware. Called Fbot, the botnet is a variant of one called Satori, which is itself based on Mirai – a program normally used for DDoS attacks. Unusually, …