Cryptojacking news and trends

Bitcoin Daily: Mark Cuban Prefers A ‘Pet Rock’ To Bitcoin, UK Warns PC Users Of...
Bitcoin // April 11, 2018

After @bitcoin was suspended from Twitter on Sunday (April 8), the account is back with digs at bitcoin, Bloomberg reported. The owner of the account, who has remained anonymous, apparently prefers bitcoin’s rival cryptocurrency – bitcoin cash – that split from bitcoin. “From day one, Bitcoin...

Cryptojacking New Bastion Of Growth For Hackers
Security & Fraud // March 22, 2018

With the ransomware market becoming saturated and overpriced, hackers are setting their sights on so-called cryptojacking, which is giving them a new revenue stream. That’s according to the new Symantec Internet Security Threat Report which was released Thursday (March 22). The report provides a deep...

Bitcoin Daily: Bitcoin Dips With SEC ICO Probe, UK ‘Cryptojacking’ Attacks Surge 1,200 Percent
Bitcoin // March 02, 2018

After news broke that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) was issuing subpoenas to advisers and tech companies as it looks into initial coin offerings (ICOs), bitcoin dipped by about 2 percent on the news, CNBC reported. The cryptocurrency was up to $10,982.15 as of...

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Kaspersky Discovers New Malware Targeting Corporations

July 30, 2018
Researchers at Kaspersky Lab have discovered a new form of cryptojacking malware that has targeted corporations in multiple countries. “The malware, which we dubbed PowerGhost, is capable of stealthily establishing itself in a system and spreading across large corporate networks, infecting both workstations and servers,” the company wrote in a blog post. The fileless malware […]

Bitcoin Daily: Mark Cuban Prefers A ‘Pet Rock’ To Bitcoin, UK Warns PC Users Of...

April 11, 2018
After @bitcoin was suspended from Twitter on Sunday (April 8), the account is back with digs at bitcoin, Bloomberg reported. The owner of the account, who has remained anonymous, apparently...

Cryptojacking New Bastion Of Growth For Hackers

March 22, 2018
With the ransomware market becoming saturated and overpriced, hackers are setting their sights on so-called cryptojacking, which is giving them a new revenue stream. That’s according to the new Symantec...

Bitcoin Daily: Bitcoin Dips With SEC ICO Probe, UK ‘Cryptojacking’ Attacks Surge 1,200 Percent

March 02, 2018
After news broke that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) was issuing subpoenas to advisers and tech companies as it looks into initial coin offerings (ICOs), bitcoin dipped by about...