Malware November 16, 2017 Steganography: A Safe Haven for Malware 4 min read - Steganography continues to be an incredibly versatile and effective method for obscuring or hiding information in plain sight.
November 2, 2017 New Bitcoin Malware Attacks Copy and Paste Their Way to Co-Opted Currency 2 min read - A new set of bitcoin malware attacks known as CryptoShuffler generates income for fraudsters by infecting device clipboards to replace wallet IDs.
October 16, 2017 Cryptocurrency Mining Websites Attract 500 Million Monthly Visitors, According to Report 2 min read - Security researchers discovered that roughly half a billion people visit websites that secretly run cryptocurrency mining scripts every month.
October 2, 2017 Malware Mines Monero on Vulnerable Servers 2 min read - Security researchers reported that threat actors have been targeting vulnerable servers to mine for cryptocurrency since about May 2017.
Advanced Threats September 19, 2017 Network Attacks Containing Cryptocurrency CPU Mining Tools Grow Sixfold 6 min read - IBM Managed Security Services (MSS) detected a sixfold increase in attacks involving embedded CPU mining tools between January and August 2017.
August 25, 2017 Threat Actors Deliver Cryptocurrency Miners Via Neptune Exploit Kit 2 min read - Threat actors are reviving exploit kits to deliver cryptocurrency miners through malvertising campaigns. The Neptune exploit kit mines for Monero.
August 7, 2017 Cerber Ransomware Now Steals Bitcoin Data 2 min read - A Cerber ransomware update adds new exploits, which allows it to steal wallet files. It then tries to steal saved passwords from browsers.
June 22, 2017 Cryptocurrency Miner Digging Into PCs Based On NSA Exploit 2 min read - The protocol targets PCs with SMB vulnerabilities and runs a Monero cryptocurrency miner. Its infection rate peaked in April, totaling at 100,000 systems.