A malware called CryptoCurrency Clipboard Hijackers works by monitoring the Windows Clipboard for cryptocurrency addresses, and if one is detected, will swap it out with an address that they control.
Cyber criminals allegedly collaborated with computer maintenance companies in China to inject computers based at around 100,000 internet cafes with malware to mine Siacon illegally.
Amazon Fire has become infested with a malware app called ADB.Miner, according to reports.
BTC wallet service Electrum has revealed that hackers have cloned their service, setting up a copycat site designed to scam unsuspecting users out of their cryptocurrency.
FacexWorm, a malicious Google Chrome extension, has been targeting cryptocurrency trading platforms via Facebook Messenger, according to a Trend Micro report.
In a funny twist, the mechanism commonly used as a mining malware is now being used for a good cause: UNICEF now allows you to donate some of your computing power instead of cash.
Authorities in Spain have arrested the leader of a cybercrime group behind the Carbanak and Cobalt malware attacks, which targeted over 100 financial institutions around the world.
Researchers found deep packet inspection middleboxes on Telecom Egypt which were similar to those found on Türk Telekom.
Beware: even Word documents are not safe.
SWG team warned users who downloaded their wallet for Windows between Nov. 21 and Nov. 25 UTC that they are “at risk of a malware infection.”
