Tag: Malware
GitHub faces widespread malware attacks affecting projects, including crypto
Major developer platform GitHub faced a widespread malware attack and reported 35,000 “code hits” on a day that saw thousands of Solana-based wallets [...]
PennyWise crypto-stealing malware spreads through YouTube
A new strain of crypto-malware is being spread via YouTube, tricking users to download software that’s designed to steal data from 30 crypto wallets a [...]
U.S. Says It Secretly Removed Malware Worldwide, Pre-empting Russian Cyberattacks
Another attack occurred on Feb. 24, the day that Russia invaded Ukraine, when hackers knocked Viasat offline. The attack flooded modems with malicious [...]
Google Cloud Adds Crypto Mining Malware Threat Detection Service
Google’s new Virtual Machine Threat Detection (VMTD) will be able to identify threats from coin mining, data exfiltration and ransomware.
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Google Cloud to detect crypto-mining malware on virtual machines
It’s a shot in the arm for Google Cloud users at risk of cryptocurrency mining attacks. The Google Cybersecurity Action Team (GCAT) has created a thre [...]
Metaverse tokens surge after Meta tanks, Dorsey roasts Diem after it shuts down, a new malware can target 40 browser wallets: Hodler’s Digest, Jan 28-Feb.5
Coming every Saturday, Hodler’s Digest will help you track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst) quotes, ado [...]
Hodlers beware! New malware targets MetaMask and 40 other crypto wallets
Security was never the strong suit of browser-based crypto wallets to store Bitcoin (BTC), Ether (ETH) and other cryptocurrencies. However, new malwar [...]
‘Less sophisticated’ malware is stealing millions: Chainalysis
Cryptojacking accounted for 73% of the total value received by malware related addresses between 2017 and 2021, according to a new malware report from [...]
Kaspersky ranks cryptojackers amongst high malware threats in Africa
Russian cybersecurity agency Kaspersky has detected greater than 1,500 fraudulent entities focusing on potential crypto traders and miners simply w [...]
Researchers detect new malware concentrating on Kubernetes clusters to mine Monero
Cybersecurity researchers at Unit 42, the intelligence staff at Paolo Alto Networks, have revealed a profile of a brand new malware marketing campa [...]
Malware discovered on laptops given out by authorities
Suspicious recordsdata contacting Russian servers are thought to have been discovered on gadgets given to colleges.
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This Elusive Malware Has Focused Crypto Wallets for a Yr
Working for a yr now, insidious malware ElectroRAT is bringing 2020 into 2021 and concentrating on crypto wallets.A researcher at cybersecurity age [...]
Hackers Utilizing Monero Mining Malware as Decoy, Warns Microsoft
Crypto-jacking is giving nation-state hackers a decoy for his or her extra malicious assaults, warned Microsoft in a Monday report. The corporate’s [...]
Coinbase pockets customers focused by new Android malware
A newly found trojan, often called Alien, is attacking crypto apps on Android telephones, together with Coinbase, Blockchain.com, and Luno. This ne [...]
Microsoft warns digital foreign money house owners to concentrate on new malware
In a tweet, Microsoft Safety Intelligence (MSI) warned cryptocurrency house owners who're additionally Home windows customers on August 27 that the [...]