New Monero mining malware infected 500K PCs by using 2 NSA exploits

By Waqas Another day, another Monero mining malware - This one uses two This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: New Monero mining malware infected 500K PCs by using 2 NSA exploits...

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...

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...

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...

Deserialization Attacks Surge Motivated by Illegal Crypto-mining

Imperva’s research group is constantly monitoring new web application vulnerabilities. In doing so, we’ve noticed at least four major insecure deserialization vulnerabilities that were published in the past year. Our analysis shows that, in the past three months, the number of deserialization...

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...

A coin miner with a “Heaven’s Gate”

You might call the last two years the years of ransomware. Ransomware was, without a doubt, the most popular type of malware. But at the end of last year, we started observing that ransomware was losing its popularity to coin miners. It is very much possible that this trend will grow as 2018...

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...

Hackers Exploiting Three Microsoft Office Flaws to Spread Zyklon Malware

Security researchers have spotted a new malware campaign in the wild that spreads an advanced botnet malware by leveraging at least three recently disclosed vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office. Dubbed Zyklon, the fully-featured malware has resurfaced after almost two years and primarily found...

CPP-Ethereum JSON-RPC miner_setEtherbase improper authorization Vulnerability(CVE-2017-12115)

Summary An exploitable improper authorization vulnerability exists in minersetEtherbase API of cpp-ethereum's JSON-RPC commit 4e1015743b95821849d001618a7ce82c7c073768. A JSON request can cause an access to the restricted functionality resulting in authorization bypass. An attacker can send JSON t...

RIG exploit kit campaign gets deep into crypto craze

There isn't a day that goes by without a headline about yet another massive spike in Bitcoin valuation, or a story about someone mortgaging their house to purchase the hardware required to become a serious cryptocurrency miner. If many folks are thinking about joining the 'crypto craze' movement,...

Wireless MITM Cryptocurrency Mining Pool: CoffeeMiner

Collaborative mitm cryptocurrency mining pool in wifi networks. This script performs autonomous MITM attack on WiFi networks. It will inject a javascript in the html pages and force all the devices connected to a WiFi network to mine cryptocurrency for the attacker. Warning: this project is for...

BlackBerry Mobile Website hacked to mine Monero via Coinhive

By Waqas A Coinhive user hacked BlackBerry Mobile website to mine Monero coins before This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: BlackBerry Mobile Website hacked to mine Monero via Coinhive...

Opera 50 Beta Version to Come with Cryptocurrency Mining Blocker

By Waqas Opera browser developers have good news for web users annoyed This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Opera 50 Beta Version to Come with Cryptocurrency Mining Blocker...

Hackers Spreading Digmine Monero Mining Malware via Facebook

By Waqas If you frequently use Facebook Messenger then we advise that This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hackers Spreading Digmine Monero Mining Malware via Facebook...

Beware of Cryptocurrency Mining Virus Spreading Through Facebook Messenger

If you receive a video file packed in zip archive sent by someone or your friends on your Facebook messenger — just don't click on it. Researchers from security firm Trend Micro are warning users of a new cryptocurrency mining bot which is spreading through Facebook Messenger and targeting Google...

Crooks Switch from Ransomware to Cryptocurrency Mining

Criminals behind the VenusLocker ransomware have switched to cryptocurrency mining in their latest campaign targeting computer users in South Korea. Instead of attempting to infect targeted computers with ransomware, the group is now trying to install malware on PCs that mines for Monero, an...

EtherDelta cryptocurrency exchange hacked in fake website scam

By Waqas Cybercriminals have their eyes set on mining cryptocurrencies and exploiting This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: EtherDelta cryptocurrency exchange hacked in fake website scam...