Mac OS X Trojan Goes BitCoin Mining, Steals Files

A new Trojan targeting Mac OS X users is not only after data, but Bitcoins as well. The malware is being detected by Sophos as Miner-D, but is also known as DevilRobber. According to Sophos, the Trojan is hiding inside pirated versions of the Mac OS X image editing application GraphicConverter...

German Web-Servers HTTP Flooding DDoS

A Distributed Denial of Service DDoS threat by a Bitcoin Mining botnet has been reported...

A Miner Botnet: Bitcoin Mining Goes Peer-to-Peer

Identifying a botnet is not an easy task sometimes, especially when one gets lost in different components like droppers, infectors and other bad stuff. Some two weeks ago, Jose Nazario from Arbor Networks pointed me to a new varmint that appears to be another peer-to-peer bot. When executed, the...