Samsung is working on producing cryptocurrency mining chips

By Uzair Amir Samsung cryptocurrency mining chips called application-specific integrated circuits ASICs will This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Samsung is working on producing cryptocurrency mining chips...

Crypto Miners May Be the ‘New Payload of Choice’ for Attackers

Ransomware has been a favorite and time-tested tool for cybercriminals, but the rise of cryptocurrency has given them a broad new target with key strategic advantages, leading to a sharp uptick in crypto mining botnets, researchers at Cisco Talos say. Attackers “are beginning to recognize that th...

Massive Smominru Cryptocurrency Botnet Rakes In Millions

Criminals behind the cryptocurrency miner Smominru have raked in between $2.8 to $3.6 million since May. The payday is impressive, say researchers at Proofpoint, who report that operators have amassed a formidable botnet of infected servers pumping out 24 Monero daily, or the equivalent of $8,500...

Every little bitcoin helps

It often happens that inventions and technologies that start out good end up turning into dangerous tools in the hands of criminals. Blockchain is no exception to this rule, especially in its most common cryptocurrency incarnation. Cryptocurrencies crop up in all kinds of spam: from traditional...

Cryptocurrency Mining Malware Infected Over Half-Million PCs Using NSA Exploit

2017 was the year of high profile data breaches and ransomware attacks, but from the beginning of this year, we are noticing a faster-paced shift in the cyber threat landscape, as cryptocurrency-related malware is becoming a popular and profitable choice of cyber criminals. Several cybersecurity...

Ransom Where? Malicious Cryptocurrency Miners Takeover, Generating Millions

The Dark Side of the Digital Gold Rush This post was authored by Nick Biasini, Edmund Brumaghin, Warren Mercer and Josh Reynolds with contributions from Azim Khodijbaev and David Liebenberg. Executive Summary The threat landscape is constantly changing; over the last few years malware threat...

GandCrab ransomware distributed by RIG and GrandSoft exploit kits (updated)

This post was authored by Vasilios Hioueras and Jérôme Segura Update 2018-02-02: GandCrab is delivered via Necurs malicious spam 1. Update 2018-02-01: GandCrab is now also spread via the EITest campaign 2 3. - - Late last week saw the appearance of a new ransomware called GandCrab. Surprisingly, ...

Nearly 2000 WordPress Websites Infected with a Keylogger

More than 2,000 WordPress websites have once again been found infected with a piece of crypto-mining malware that not only steals the resources of visitors' computers to mine digital currencies but also logs visitors' every keystroke. Security researchers at Sucuri discovered a malicious campaign...

Hackers are using YouTube Ads to Mine Monero Cryptocurrency

By Waqas Did you visit YouTube from January 18th to January 26th? There is This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hackers are using YouTube Ads to Mine Monero Cryptocurrency...

Coincheck cryptocurrency exchange hacked; $534 Million stolen

By Waqas Another day, another cryptocurrency exchange under cyber attack - This time Coincheck, Japanese This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Coincheck cryptocurrency exchange hacked; $534 Million stolen...

Someone Stole Almost Half a BILLION Dollars from Japanese Cryptocurrency Exchange

Coincheck, a Tokyo-based cryptocurrency exchange, has suffered what appears to be the biggest hack in the history of cryptocurrencies, losing $532 million in digital assets nearly $420 million in NEM tokens and $112 in Ripples. In 2014, Mt Gox, one of the largest bitcoin exchange at that time,...

Presenting: Malwarebytes Labs 2017 State of Malware Report

2017 was a tumultuous year in politics, media, gender, race—and cybersecurity didn’t beat the rap. Last year was full of twists and turns in the cybercrime world, with major outbreaks, new infection methods, and the evolution of the cryptocurrency crime industry. In aiming to make sense of the...

MoneroPay Malware Pretends to Be a Cryptocurrency Wallet

By David Balaban A brand new ransomware malware that is called MoneroPay has been This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: MoneroPay Malware Pretends to Be a Cryptocurrency Wallet...

Yikes! Three armed men tried to rob a Bitcoin Exchange in Canada

As many non-tech savvy people think that Bitcoin looks like a Gold coin as illustrated in many stock images, perhaps these robbers also planned to rob a cryptocurrency exchange thinking that way. All jokes apart, we saw one such attempt on Tuesday morning, when three men armed with handguns enter...

Opera Mobile Browser for Android & iOS Blocks Cryptocurrency Mining

By Waqas Last month Opera introduced its browsers 50 beta version with This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Opera Mobile Browser for Android iOS Blocks Cryptocurrency Mining...

New Malware Hijacks Cryptocurrency Mining

This is a clever attack. After gaining control of the coin-mining software, the malware replaces the wallet address the computer owner uses to collect newly minted currency with an address controlled by the attacker. From then on, the attacker receives all coins generated, and owners are none the...

Evrial Info-Stealing Trojan Modifies Addresses to Steal Cryptocurrency

By Waqas It is just another with just another Cryptocurrency malware targeting unsuspecting This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Evrial Info-Stealing Trojan Modifies Addresses to Steal Cryptocurrency...

A week in security (January 15 – January 21)

Last week on Labs, we gave you some background information about cookies, specifically which ones to worry about and why. We also warned you about scams surrounding the Mega Millions winner, who promised to donate his money to good causes. We analyzed a cryptocurrency miner using a very old...

Sweatcoin App Pays You Cryptocurrency To Get Fit

By Carolina If you are a cryptocurrency investor or fan here is an This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Sweatcoin App Pays You Cryptocurrency To Get Fit...

Oracle Ships 237 Fixes in Latest Critical Patch Update

Oracle has shipped 237 patches for vulnerabilities impacting hundreds of product versions as part of its latest quarterly critical patch update. Product lines coming in for some of the most fixes include Oracle Financial Services Applications, with 34, Fusion Middleware with 27, MySQL with 25 and...