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The bears are running as bitcoin brushes against $6,500 while cryptomining malware falls in popularity. This is CoinDesk Markets Daily, a podcast featuring Adam B. Levine and Brad Keoun.More ways to Listen or Subscribe (MP3 Download Here)Adam B. Levine: On Today’s episode, we’re talking crypto market downdrafts, Decentralized, or Blockchain
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The malware infects Mac OS computers by injecting an executable file into the boot process, thereby hiding it from the user and rendering it difficult to remove. The executable then looks for various online payloads and runs them in memory, ensuring that anti-virus software could miss the malware after reboots
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From its founding in 2007 to its members’ apprehension and eventual extradition in late 2016, the Bayrob Group, which operated out of Bucharest, Romania, ran a sprawling hacking and malware operation. They deployed trojan malware in seemingly mundane emails from well-known companies and groups, but when victims attempted to download attachments
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A new macOS malware has surfaced recently, with low threat detection rate, that digital security researchers think is allegedly created by the Lazarus Group, a cybercrime group based in North Korea with a long history of crypto hacking.The malware was disguised on a cryptocurrency trading platform website called ‘unioncrypto.vip’ and
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Security researchers have discovered a new cryptocurrency-related macOS malware believed to be the product of North Korean hackers at the Lazarus Group.As tech-focused publication Bleeping Computer reported on Dec. 4, malware researcher Dinesh Devadoss encountered a malicious software on a website called “unioncrypto.vip,” that advertised a “smart cryptocurrency arbitrage
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A recent report published by ESET, a cybersecurity company, has revealed the modus operandi of the Stantinko botnet, which has been distributing a Monero (XMR) cryptocurrency mining module through YouTube without the users’ knowledge or consent (cryptojacking).According to the report, the hackers have been installing malware content on YouTube channels
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Slovakian software security firm Eset has uncovered that cyber criminals behind the Stantinko botnet have been distributing a Monero (XMR) cryptocurrency mining module via Youtube.On Nov. 26, the major antivirus software supplier Eset reported that the Stantinko botnet operators have expanded their criminal reach from click fraud, ad injection,
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The Microsoft Defender ATP research team shares insights on a new cryptocurrency-stealing malware variant that has infected close to 80,000 computers.On Nov. 26, Microsoft security analysts revealed that the malware, called Dexphot, had already infected close to 80,000 devices since October 2018, reaching its peak in the month of
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A Reddit post made on November 19th by Monero’s core development team details that the software on the company’s official website was temporarily compromised and then programmed to steal cryptocurrency.Monero (XMR), an open source cryptocurrency created in 2014, notified its users about the breach and posted a security warning on
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The software available for download on Monero’s (XMR) official website was compromised to steal cryptocurrency, according to a Nov. 19 Reddit post published by the coin’s core development team.The command-line interface (CLI) tools available at getmonero.org may have been compromised over the last 24 hours. In the announcement, the
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