Blockchain & Digital Currencies

Mac users can't ignore the need to protect their computers from malware with up-to-date anti-virus software and other security tools. The post CookieMiner malware targets Macs, steals passwords and SMS messages, mines ...

Thanks to USENIX for publishing the USENIX Enigma 2019 outstanding conference videos on their YouTube Channel ...

In my previous post, we witnessed how a bidding process can be abused in an online auction marketplace.All of us are guilty of using SaaS services in this cloud era. Our systems ...

The story of how a scumbag named n1ghtm4r3 polluted our inbox with Bitcoin Phishing emails. Let’s have a little fun today and talk about some Bitcoin phishing emails that have... The post ...

Last week, in a little-noticed announcement, French Police disclosed they’d disrupted a large malware command-and-control infrastructure, remotely disinfecting the PCs that connected to the C&C servers ...

Cybercriminals may be partially responsible for driving up the price of Bitcoin. The post Is ransomware driving up the price of Bitcoin? appeared first on Emsisoft | Security Blog ...

Before we get into the details of “Cryptocurrency Mining Malware”, we need to understand first what cryptocurrency is and what miners are. What is Cryptocurrency? Cryptocurrency is best thought of as digital ...

At the end of July, the FBI arrested a 33-year-old woman in Seattle in connection with a massive data breach at financial services firm Capital One. 33-year-old software engineer Paige Thompson, who ...

A joint investigatory effort neutralized more than 850,000 unique infections of Retadup, a worm known for targeting Windows machines in Latin America. In March 2019, Avast came across an interesting cryptomining payload ...

Despite losing some steam in recent times, the cryptocurrency mining craze is still alive and kicking. Ukrainian local media reports that workers at a nuclear power plant have been caught mining cryptocurrency ...