Tag Archives: Cryptojacking

Is Hanoi turning to cryptojacking? The dormant sites awaken. Criminals serve Gootkit and REvil. CFAA under the control of the Supreme Court.

[ad_2][ad_1] The actors of the Vietnamese threat are back on the news. Over the long weekend, Trend Micro researchers described a recently discovered macOS backdoor that they believe is associated with the OceanLotus group of Hanoi. And the Microsoft 365 Defender Threat Intelligence team found that the group they track …

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Browser-based cryptojacking is back with 163% increase in attacks

[ad_2][ad_1] According to new research published by cybersecurity firm Symantec, the rise in cryptocurrency prices since March has been accompanied by a wave of cryptojacking attacks. According to the company there was a 163% increase in browser-based cryptojacking activity in the second quarter of 2020. Cryptojacking had previously been in …

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McAfee Labs warns you: Cryptojacking skyrocketed in 2018

[ad_1] The year that passes 2018 has been the most difficult period and the most unexpected period for the people involved so far extraction cryptocurrency, Bitcoin in particular. Many had to stop and only the strongest players remained at stake. What does 2019 have for them? It all started with …

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Rise Of Cryptojacking and how users can prevent it

[ad_1] As the name indicates, cryptojacking is the unauthorized use of a computer, tablet, mobile phone from cyber criminals to extract the cryptocurrency. According to Norton, in recent years, crypto-jacking has gained ground because cybercriminals are able to hack machines with only a few lines of code. In the meantime, …

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