Neowin News Feed for: Cryptojacking

Beware: Cryptojacking malware hiding behind pirated Final Cut Pro downloads

Justin Luna — Fri, 24 Feb 2023 11:08:01 +0000

A piece of cryptojacking malware was recently found hiding in pirated versions of Apple programs, such as Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro X. The malware can easily avoid detection through a script. Read more...

Beware: Your Microsoft OneDrive could be under the spell of a crypto miner

Sayan Sen — Thu, 06 Oct 2022 09:02:02 +0000

Anti-malware vendor Bitdefender has discovered that Microsoft OneDrive is being used by crypto-jackers to mine cryptocurrency. The threat actors are using the DLL hijacking method to do so. Read more...

Canonical has removed two apps from the Ubuntu Snap Store due to malware

Gabriel Nunes — Mon, 14 May 2018 20:32:01 +0000

Two apps being distributed through the Ubuntu Snap Store were found to run a сryptocurrency miner in the background. Canonical has since removed them but the Store is still vulnerable to such apps. Read more...

Thousands of websites hit by cryptocurrency mining malware

Gabriel Nunes — Mon, 12 Feb 2018 12:54:02 +0000

More than 4,000 websites were affected by a cryptojacking attack that exploited an assistive technology browser plugin. Several prominent government websites worldwide were among the affected. Read more...