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An AWS Virtual Machine Is Infected With Mining Malware. There Could Be Others

A monero mining script has been embedded in a public instance of an AWS virtual machine. How many others are similarly infected?

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Tech

BlackBerry and Intel Tackle Cryptojacking Malware With New Detection Tool

BlackBerry and Intel are hoping to halt cryptojacking attempts on Intel's commercial PCs with a new mining malware detection tool.

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Markets

EU Supercomputers Hijacked From COVID-19 Research to Mine Cryptocurrency

A number of supercomputers programmed to search for a vaccine for the coronavirus were remotely hijacked last week using stolen credentials.

Vaccine

Markets

Hackers Plant Crypto Miners by Exploiting Flaw in Popular Server Framework Salt

Hackers have exploited a critical flaw in infrastructure management tool Salt and, in one case planted crypto mining software.

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Markets

US Agencies Publish List of North Korea's Alleged Crypto Crimes

The US government urged countermeasures to stymie North Korea's billion-dollar cybercrime campaigns.

Kim Jong-un, Supreme Leader of North Korea

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North Korea Is Expanding Its Monero Mining Operations, Says Report

North Korea may be boosting its monero mining efforts to circumvent sanctions and avoid being tracked.

Kim Jong-un, supreme leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (Credit: Alexander Khitrov/Shutterstock)

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Monero Hacker Group 'Outlaw' Is Back and Targeting American Business: Report

Outlaw, a group specializing in cryptojacking machines to mine monero, has returned after a brief hiatus and is expanding its global reach, according to Trend Micro.

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Tech

Interpol Leads Operation to Tackle Cryptojacker Infecting Over 20,000 Routers

The international crime fighting agency led an operation to stem a plague of cryptocurrency mining malware afflicting computer routers across Asia.

Interpol lanza su propio metaverso policial. (Shutterstock)

Markets

Cryptojacking Malware Devs Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison

Two members of Romanian hacker gang Bayrob Group were sentenced to two decades in prison after their malware mined crypto on 400,000 infected computers.

Jail

Markets

Capital One Hacker Used Stolen Computing Power to Mine Crypto

Capital One hacker Paige Thompson had been using stolen computing power to mine cryptocurrencies, a federal grand jury indictment revealed.

"Unlike many other markets, cryptocurrencies trade 24/7, thereby requiring traders to make decisions at all times throughout the day," Capital One wrote in its filing. (Shutterstock)

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