Cryptomining stories - Page 3

Threat intelligence analyst Alex Hinchliffe discusses the constant rise of cybercrime, how it's changing, and the possibility of cyber warfare.

Cryptomining is now a more popular method of cybercrime than ransomware but expert Tim Brown says this isn't a bad thing as it causes less harm.

As well as viruses, trojans, worms and ransomware attacks, IT managers now have a new threat to worry about: cryptominers.

Check Point researchers discovered a previously legitimate video software download site has moved into cryptomining, earning around US$700 a day.

Cryptomining malware is shifting its focus from browsers to endpoints, with XMRig rising in popularity among cybercriminals.

Machine learning anomaly detections also rose by 480%, according to a Malwarebytes report on cybercrime tactics and techniques.

Google bans crypto-mining extensions from Chrome Store due to rampant rule violations.

Cryptomining might just be one of the biggest trends in cybercrime this year, and New Zealand is not immune from its reach.

Cryptomining is increasingly outdoing ransomware in popularity but cybercriminals are running out of CPU, painting data centres as prime targets.

Cryptomining is becoming a popular revenue stream for cybercriminals as the ransomware market becomes too crowded.

Check Point has released a 'cryptomining 101' document that details how cybercriminals hack into devices to steal their CPU power for illicit mining.

This persistent threat not only continues to chip away at enterprise CPU power, but once inside a network can carry out other malicious acts.

There are more than 12,000 Monero mining malware samples 66% of which were submitted between November and December 2017.

The Swedish colocation data centre company says it will be using the investment from the Canadian crypto mining company to aid its build out to 40 MW.