Monero

Hacking

AT&T’s Cybersecurity Branch Breaks Down Crypto Miner Threat to Email Servers

A new technical analysis from AT&T Alien Labs offers an inside look at how a pernicious form of monero mining malware infiltrates email networks.

Tech  ·  9 January 2020
Monero

Monero’s ‘Fluffypony’ Steps Down as Lead Maintainer of Privacy Coin Project

Riccardo Spagni, better known as "Fluffypony," will relinquish his day-to-day leadership role in the privacy coin project.

People  ·  18 December 2019
Exchanges

Another Crypto Exchange Is Dropping Privacy Coin Monero Over Compliance Risk

BitBay exchange is the latest to delist the privacy-focused monero cryptocurrency over AML concerns.

Markets  ·  26 November 2019
Monero

South Korea’s Upbit Becomes Latest Exchange to Delist Privacy Coins

Upbit support for monero, dash, zcash and others will end Monday, Sept. 30.

Markets  ·  20 September 2019
Hacking

‘Panda’ Crypto Malware Group Has Nabbed $100K in Monero Since 2018

Cisco Talos has identified a group behind a spate of cryptocurrency-mining malware attacks targeting enterprise networks globally.

Policy & regulation  ·  19 September 2019
Monero

Crypto-Mining Malware Attacks up 29% in Q1: McAfee Report

McAfee said some of the attacks had worm capabilities, allowing it to jump from server to server.

Markets  ·  29 August 2019
Monero

Crypto-Jacking Virus Infects 850,000 Servers, Hackers Run off With Millions

French cybersecurity, officials dubbed 'cyber gendarmes,' announced the disabling of an 850,000 server botnet operating mostly in Latin America.

Markets  ·  28 August 2019
Monero

New Malware Miner Sneakily Hides When Task Manager Is Open

Meet "Norman" – a new variant of monero-mining malware that employs crafty tricks to avoid being spotted.

Policy & regulation  ·  15 August 2019
Hacking

State-Sponsored Chinese Hacking Group Targeting Crypto Firms: Report

An intelligence company released a report indicating the connection between Chinese authorities and a crypto-exploitative hacking collective.

Markets  ·  8 August 2019
Monero

Cryptojackers Making Secondary Income Off Security Data Seizures: Report

As monero's price fell in 2018, cryptojackers innovated by stealing user data like passwords and IP addresses.

Policy & regulation  ·  8 August 2019
Monero

Monero and Zcash Conferences Showcase Their Differences (And Links)

The future of privacy coins relies on technologists getting the governance setup right. Here are both sides of the zcash debate.

Tech  ·  30 June 2019
Bitcoin

At-Home Crypto Miner Coinmine Now Pays Out Bitcoin

The one-tap miner now supports ethereum, zcash, grin, and monero alongside BTC.

Markets  ·  21 June 2019
Monero

New Monero Botnet Looks Like Last Year’s Outlaw Attack

A rogue botnet uses a brute force attack and Secure Shell (SSH) exploit to give the attackers remote access to victim’s systems in order to mine Monero.

Markets  ·  13 June 2019
Monero

Inside Monero’s ‘Last Ditch Effort’ to Block Crypto Mining ASICs

The Monero community is making one last attempt to block specialized mining hardware devices from the network.

Tech  ·  12 June 2019
Bitcoin

Desktop Crypto Mining App Honeyminer Comes to MacOS

HoneyMiner, the desktop-based crypto miner, now works on MacOS.

Tech  ·  9 May 2019