Malware

Malware which targets Crypto ATMs is being sold on secret platforms and enables users to illegally steal up to $6,750 in Bitcoin per day.

Mozilla Firefox users are more likely to observe cryptocurrency mining malware scripts blocked by default in upcoming releases of the improved web browser. Firefox is a free and open-source web browser developed by Mozilla Foundation and its subsidiary, Mozilla Corporation.

Several hackers are using a network of unprotected routers to circulate cryptocurrency-mining malware to users without any suspicion, security experts and researchers have revealed.

A large-scale crypto scam has happened this very week, with news of 'a free game' that was on gaming platform steam  having been used to distribute crypto mining malware to very many users.

The number of world organizations affected by cryptocurrency mining malware nearly tripled from the second half of last year to the first half of 2018, as per the latest data from Check Point.

A report submitted by the researchers of Palo Alto Networks has shown that over 5% of all Monero digital currency currently in circulation has been mined with the elp of malware. More than 2% of the total hash rate per day is created by the devices infected with cryptocurrency mining hardware.

A new cyber threat on the block that is more slippery than anything we have observed before  has emerged and that's why it's currently the malware of choice for hackers all over the African continent.

Genius hackers are hijacking people’s computers to illegally mine crypto assets. There is one malware program that has been recently discovered hiding itself on Amazon’s cloud to exploit the processing power of a large number of ordinary computers.

A lot of Mac users described in the last few weeks that a process dubbed ‘mshelper’ was consuming a lot of CPU power, whirring fans a little too fast and totally draining their batteries within a very short time. This turned out that the process is highly related and associated with a type of malware created to mine for Monero (XMR) cryptocurrency.