Latest News Of Monero Tag
Tech 21 June 2019
Monero mining malware targets music production pirates
The mining script, known as LoudMiner, is multi-platform, and hijacks user resources to mine for Monero.
Business 5 June 2019
Dr. Craig Wright takes on the lie of unregulated crypto
Many crypto “experts” want to talk about how the law doesn’t apply to their favorite coin or technology, but Dr. Craig Wright has bad news for them.
Tech 3 May 2019
Shellbot cryptojacking malware shuts down other cryptominers
A new wave of malware selfishly turns off all other mining going on and takes all the processing power for itself.
Tech 15 March 2019
Researchers find over 40 bugs in Coinbase, Monero, EOS and more
Security researchers have discovered more than 40 vulnerabilities in the past month in several cryptocurrencies.
Business 28 February 2019
In-browser Monero mining service Coinhive to shut down operations
The Monero in-browser mining service Coinhive has announced that it will shut down operations on March 8.
Business 19 February 2019
Microsoft removes free apps linked to cryptojacking
Eight apps were found on the Microsoft store that would use a device to secretly mine for Monero.
Tech 7 February 2019
Monero-mining Outlaw Shellbot targets Linux servers
The Outlaw group has reportedly been using a sophisticated version of Shellbot to conduct attacks Linux systems to mine privacy-centric coin, Monero.
Tech 11 January 2019
GitHub becoming a repository for crypto malware
Researchers from the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid in Spain and King’s College London have put together a report that shows crypto-mining malware has allowed thieves to get away with 720,000 XMR tokens and points out that most of the malware has been hosted by GitHub.
Tech 10 January 2019
Criminals are raking in Monero with crypto mining malware
A recent research paper finds that Monero is the most popular cryptocurrency amongst hackers, 4.32% of all circulated Monero going to criminals.
Tech 19 December 2018
eSentire report finds 15-fold rise in crypto mining malware attacks
eSentire Threat Intelligence released a report documenting a 1500 percent rise in coinmining malware attacks.
Tech 6 December 2018
MikroTik cryptojacking still in play with over 400K affected routers
The number of MikroTik routers that have been affected by a malicious malware that mines privacy-centric cryptocurrency Monero (XMR) has risen to 415,000, according to security researchers.
Tech 15 November 2018
McAfee Labs spots yet another Monero-mining cryptojacking malware
The malware, known as WebCobra, steals computing power from affected devices, before silently mining for cryptocurrency in the background.