Cryptojacking News

Eleven open-source code libraries written in Ruby contained cryptojacking code and were downloaded thousands of times.

A cybersecurity firm has discovered a new strain of Monero mining malware, which contains code that hides the miner from Task Manager.

Smominru, Monero-mining malware found on at least half a million computers, now also steals user data.

Computer analysts have found a new type of virus — a remote-access trojan — that targets cryptocurrency users.

Cybersecurity firm ESET has detected what it describes as an unusual and persistent cryocurrency miner distributed for macOS and Windows since August 2018.

Bitcoin is reportedly producing as much carbon emissions as Kansas City, while Facebook gets some new backers for its crypto project.

Trend Micro claims to have detected a web address spreading a botnet featuring a monero mining component alongside a backdoor.

Cybersecurity firm Trend Micro has confirmed that attackers have been exploiting a vulnerability in the Oracle WebLogic server to install XMR mining malware.

Cybersecurity firm Trend Micro has detected a major uptick in monero cryptojacking malware targeting China-based systems this spring.

A malware dubbed BlackSquid infects web servers by employing eight different security exploits and installs mining software.

Mozilla’s browser Firefox Quantum has a privacy toggle that protects against cryptojacking.

The three most prevalent types of malware in April were all crypto miners, according to Check Point Research’s global threat report.

Cryptojacking malware Shellbot is now armed with new capabilities.

Illicit “cryptomining against consumers is essentially extinct,” declares a report released by cybersecurity company MalwareBytes.

New cryptojacking malware Beapy uses the leaked U.S. NSA hacking tools to spread through corporate networks.