Monero-mining botnet Lemon Duck records spike in activity
Researchers at Talos Intelligence Group have noticed a sharp rise in DNS requests connected with its command-and-control servers since the end of August.
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IRS offers $625,000 for Monero, Layer 2 tracking software
The IRS is offering a $625,000 contract to any individual or firm that can create a tool that tracks Monero or Layer 2 transactions.
Monero is traceable using new CipherTrace tool
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has signed a $3.6 million contract with CipherTrace to create the Monero tracing tool.
Monero mining malware discovered on Amazon Web Services
Mitiga discovered the Monero mining malware when conducting a security audit for a financial services company.
Sophisticated cryptojacking malware targets banking and education
The FritzFrog malware botnet has reportedly infected millions of IP addresses worldwide, targeting banks, educational and medical institutions, and government agencies.
Prometei malware mines Monero as it steals data from target systems
The botnet uses a complex, extensive modular system and a mixture of techniques to compromise systems and hide its presence from end-users to mine for Monero.
Blue Mockingbird malware processes Monero from enterprise systems
A group of hackers known as Blue Mockingbird has been targeting enterprise systems and infecting them with Monero-mining malware without their knowledge.
Hackers take over supercomputers in Europe to process Monero: report
The past week has seen several supercomputers in Europe hacked to mine Monero, including research institutions in Spain, the U.K., Switzerland and Germany.
New research finds that criminals prefer BTC
Rand research listed three illicit use-cases for digital currencies: money laundering, trade in illicit goods and services, and terrorism financing.
Hacking group behind Sodinokibi embraces Monero
That the Sodinokibi ransomware had begun accepting the Monero (XMR) digital currency in place of BTC.
Huobi Korea delists Monero, piling pressure on Bithumb
Huobi Korea delisted Monero a few days ago after it emerged the darkcoin was used in a sex scandal involving minors. Bithumb is under pressure to do so too.
Baidu staffer caught trying to make free Monero coins
A senior engineer at Chinese search giant Baidu was arrested and charged for using company servers to mine Monero. He has been sentenced to 3 years in jail.