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Hackers built a hidden miner in thousands of state sites in the US and UK

Hackers built a hidden miner in thousands of state sites in the US and UK

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Scott Helme, the information security specialist reported on the distribution of the script for monero mining on sites, most of which are owned by US and British government agencies. Ummm, so yeah, this is...
Windows Vulnerability with customer Telegram enabled to disseminate malware and do cryptocurrencies mining

Windows Vulnerability with customer Telegram enabled to disseminate malware and do cryptocurrencies mining

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Kaspersky Laboratories, the antivirus company informed about the 0-day vulnerability in the Telegram. The Company’s experts have discovered that hackers were able to disseminate malware and get access to the...
A hidden miner worked while users watched ads on YouTube

A hidden miner worked while users watched ads on YouTube

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Mining cryptocurrency using the resources of foreign computers is becoming increasingly popular. All that is needed is to find a way to place a JS-code on a popular resource and those who open the web page...
Hackers distribute a cryptocurrency miner through Facebook messenger

Hackers distribute a cryptocurrency miner through Facebook messenger

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Hackers wrote a small malware which is spread through Facebook messenger to search for cryptocurrency. Distributed through a special bot program, it provides communication with the server from which commands...
Mining with a browser? Google Chrome is against it!

Mining with a browser? Google Chrome is against it!

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Anyone who is interested in crypto-currencies has probably heard about mining - a technology for creating new blocks in a distributed system for which they receive remuneration in an equivalent crypto...
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