
Cryptojacking
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25 March, 2025
Cryptojacking hackers blackmail YouTubers; Lazarus’ new malware
The hackers report YouTubers for copyright infringement, then blackmail them into including crypto mining malware in video descriptions, says Kaspersky.
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2 January, 2022
Hackers use ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ to spread Monero mining malware
The latest Spider-Man film is proving quite popular, and hackers are taking advantage to spread a very well-disguised mining malware...
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24 January, 2021
Indian police arrest alleged BTC scammer, seizing $1.2 million
Authorities in the city of Bengaluru announced they had detained a man named Srikrishna on suspicion of hacking into government...
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6 December, 2020
Hackers use Monero cryptojacking as decoy for more invasive attacks: report
A group called BISMUTH has reportedly attacked a number of targets linked to governments in Vietnam and France in recent...
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22 September, 2020
Australian man caught mining on supercomputers avoids jail
Jonathan Khoo was a contractor at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, a federal government’s scientific research agency.
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21 September, 2020
5 Chinese hackers face cryptojacking, wire fraud charges in US
Prosecutors said the five defendants engaged in computer intrusions that affected several companies in the United States and beyond.