Cryptojacking

'Cryptojacking' Targeting Retail, Financial Sector Skyrockets: Report
‘Cryptojacking’ Targeting Retail, Financial Sector Skyrockets: Report
The number of “cryptojacking” cases across the financial sector has risen by 269% in the first half of 2022, according to SonicWall. The cybersecurity firm’s report also shows...
'Cryptojacking' Targeting Retail, Financial Sector Skyrockets: Report

Report: 'Cryptojacking' in Financial Sector Has Risen 269% This Year
Report: ‘Cryptojacking’ in Financial Sector Has Risen 269% This Year
The number of “cryptojacking” cases across the financial sector has risen by 269% in the first half of 2022, according to a report by cybersecurity firm SonicWall. Halborn co-...
Report: 'Cryptojacking' in Financial Sector Has Risen 269% This Year

Cryptojacking is on the rise across the finance sector. (Boonchai Wedmakawand/Getty Images)
'Cryptojacking' in Financial Sector Has Risen 269% This Year, SonicWall Says
Cyberattacks targeting the finance industry are now five times higher than attacks on retail.
Cryptojacking is on the rise across the finance sector. (Boonchai Wedmakawand/Getty Images)

Google (Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
Google Sues to Shutter Cryptojacking Botnet That Infected 1M+ Computers
The botnet used the Bitcoin blockchain to evade cybersecurity officials and remain online, Google alleged.
Google (Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

The U.S. government accused the Chinese Ministry of State Security of supporting hackers conducting ransomware and crypto-jacking attacks.
Biden Accuses Chinese State Actors of Ransomware, Cryptojacking Attacks
"Hackers with a history of working for the PRC Ministry of State Security (MSS) have engaged in ransomware attacks, cyber enabled extortion, crypto-jacking, and rank theft fro...
The U.S. government accused the Chinese Ministry of State Security of supporting hackers conducting ransomware and crypto-jacking attacks.

The malware spreads through illegal, torrented versions of popular video games like "Grand Theft Auto V."
Monero-Mining Malware 'Crackonosh' Has Infected 222K Computers, Researchers Find
The virus has yielded over $2 million worth of XMR for its authors, security firm Avast said in a Thursday report.
The malware spreads through illegal, torrented versions of popular video games like "Grand Theft Auto V."

An old Intel motherboard
Intel, Microsoft Beef Up Customers’ Cryptojacking Defenses
Intel’s new technology aims to more accurately detect malware regardless of the malicious code’s obfuscation techniques.
An old Intel motherboard

Monero
During Market Boom, Monero Cryptojacking Fell for First Time Since 2018
New research from Palo Alto Networks' Unit 42 tracks the rise and fall of illicit XMR mining in the cloud.
Monero

servers
Most Attacks on Cybersecurity Firm’s Decoy Servers Aimed at Mining Crypto: Report
Of the 16,371 attacks on Aqua Security's decoy servers over the last year, 95% were aimed at mining cryptocurrency through deploying malicious programs.
servers

servers
Los Alamos Scientists Develop AI to Fight Cryptojacking
Their neural network works faster and more reliably than non-AI systems, researchers said.
servers