Trend Micro researchers recently found that hackers had gained entry to, and then modified code, in AOL’s advertising platform to mine Monero cryptocurrency. 500 other websites are also thought to be infected with the same CoinHive cryptocurrency … [Read more...] about Hackers Modify Code in AOL Advertising Platform
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College Students Get Into The Cryptocurrency Business In Their Dorms
College dorms are increasingly being used for cryptomining. The process of mining for cryptocurrency involves the use of idle computing power to verify transactions on the blockchain. Miners who are able to solve the complicated math problems called … [Read more...] about College Students Get Into The Cryptocurrency Business In Their Dorms
PHP Weathermap Bug Allows Cryptocurrency Mining
Hackers are exploiting CVE-2013-2618, a five-year-old security vulnerability in Cacti’s Network Weathermap plug-in to infect x86-64 Linux web servers with cryptocurrency-mining malware. The Weathermap plug-in is an open source tool that network … [Read more...] about PHP Weathermap Bug Allows Cryptocurrency Mining
Dofoil Crypto Mining Malware Impacting Window Users
Numerous variants of the trojan Dofoil repeatedly attempted to infect Microsoft Windows systems on Tuesday, trying to install a cryptocurrency miner. On Wednesday, the company reported a defensive victory over the fast-moving campaign. Across a … [Read more...] about Dofoil Crypto Mining Malware Impacting Window Users