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Alarming growth of difficult-to-detect ‘Lemon Duck’ crypto mining botnet

DIGIT — Thu, 15 Oct 2020 04:04:45 +0000

A crypto mining botnet called Lemon Duck is spreading through Windows 10 computers, infecting users through fake Covid-19 emails.

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Fbot’s Blockchain-based DNS Service Tracks Down Crypto Mining Botnets

DIGIT — Tue, 16 Oct 2018 16:00:52 +0000

No one can deny there has been a notable increase in cryptocurrency-related malware over the past few years. Nipping these threats in the bud has been a major challenge, although researchers have launched an intriguing tool. Known as Fbot, this botnet uses blockchain-based DNS discovery to shut down malicious crypto mining botnets. The Fbot Botnet […]

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Mining Round-Up: New Bitfury Chip, Anti-Cryptojacking Botnet Discovered

DIGIT — Thu, 20 Sep 2018 19:25:00 +0000

In recent news pertaining to cryptocurrency mining, Bitfury has announced a “suite” of products powered by the company’s new mining chip, a botnet that hunts and destroys XMR mining malware has been discovered by security researchers, and Soluna has announced that it will commence the construction of its Moroccan wind farm in January. Also Read: Weiss […]

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Cryptocurrency Malware Education – XBash

DIGIT — Wed, 19 Sep 2018 02:10:59 +0000

A lot of things are happening in the world of malware and ransomware. Cryptocurrency remains a very prominent target for criminals in this regard. A new malware, which goes by the name of Xbash, seems to combine all of the worst aspects of different malware types into one. A worrisome development, especially if this becomes […]

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Twitter Botnet Is Responsible for the Hijacking of Cryptocurrency-Related Accounts

DIGIT — Sat, 05 May 2018 14:00:25 +0000

Cryptocurrency users may have noticed that there has been an influx of Twitter account hacks in the past week or so. One of the affected accounts was that of Vertcoin, although it was quickly recovered. It now seems a network of bots was behind these hacks. Twitter has confirmed that those bots successfully stole various identities over the course of three days. The Twitter Bot Problem Although bots are nothing new in the world of social media, it remains pretty difficult to protect against nefarious activity. Twitter found this out the hard way, as various popular cryptocurrency-related accounts were hijacked in the past week. Virtually every

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DressCode Android Botnet Remains Active 16 Months After Its Discovery

DIGIT — Mon, 29 Jan 2018 14:19:11 +0000

Botnets have proven to be a major pain in the rear for both security researchers and consumers. DressCode, one of the oldest Android botnets in existence, is still operational 16 months after it was initially discovered. This is a very real problem, as the malware opens a direct connection to infected phones. It is unclear why this solution still thrives in 2018, especially considering that most of the infected Google Play apps were removed over a year ago. DressCode Botnet is Still a Problem In the world of internet security, there are still plenty of things which need to change

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