A newly discovered malware targets Mac users and can get access to your crypto wallets by stealing cookies of cryptocurrency exchange sites like Coinbase, Binance, Poloniex, Bittrex, Bitstamp, and MyEtherWallet. The malware which is dubbed as Cookieminer was uncovered while examining the infamous OSX.DarthMiner – a lesser known malware which...
Trustware a security firm has confirmed that nearly 170,000 devices have been installed with cryptojacking software in Brazil last month. This was done to gain high revenue by mining cryptocurrencies from this devices. According to Trustware, This attack was on MikroTik routers done on a large scale. Instead of...
A maintenance firm in China colluded with the hackers in order to hack the Internet cafes to mine cryptocurrency. The police in Zhejiang province in China arrested 16 suspects. In total, the hackers mined $ 0.8 million worth of Siacoin with the help of 1,00,000 computers across 30...
Cryptojacking is becoming more and more popular in Japan. Cryptojacking involves the use of computers and machines without the permissions of the users in order to mine the cryptocurrencies. As a result, the Japanese police is cracking down on such hackers which are using the machines without any authorization. In...
Aditya Birla group which is one of the largest conglomerates in India was targeted by hackers in order to mine cryptocurrency. This is the 1st such cryptojacking attempt by hackers in India. Over 2000 different computers of the company were used for mining cryptocurrency. The computers were used without proper...
