Neowin News Feed for: Monero

Acer confirms data breach after threat actor sells 160GB of its data online

Justin Luna — Wed, 08 Mar 2023 08:00:02 +0000

Computer company Acer recently confirmed that it suffered a data breach after a threat actor started selling some of its sensitive data online. No consumer data was reportedly affected. Read more...

Ransomware group demands $70 million in Bitcoin for "universal decryptor"

Usama Jawad — Mon, 05 Jul 2021 13:48:01 +0000

U.S. IT firm Kaseya was rocked by a massive ransomware attack over the weekend in an attack that potentially affects thousands of companies. The responsible group has now demanded $70M in Bitcoin. Read more...

DarkMarket, reportedly one of the biggest dark web marketplaces, shut down by authorities

Ather Fawaz — Wed, 13 Jan 2021 05:40:01 +0000

In a joint effort by multiple countries with help from Europol, authorities arrested an Australian citizen linked to DarkMarket and proceeded to shut down over 20 site servers in Ukraine and Moldova. Read more...

Trump campaign website briefly defaced by hackers

Ather Fawaz — Wed, 28 Oct 2020 07:06:01 +0000

In a stint that lasted for 30 minutes, hackers swapped out the 'Coalitions' tab of President Trump's campaign website, threatening to release sensitive information in exchange for cryptocurrency. Read more...

Several PWAs in the Microsoft Store found to be mining cryptocurrencies

Usama Jawad — Sun, 17 Feb 2019 12:10:01 +0000

A new report from Symantec has revealed that Microsoft unknowingly hosted malicious applications in its Microsoft Store, that used up the device's resources in order to mine cryptocurrencies. 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...

YouTube ads hijacked visitors computers to mine cryptocurrency

Timi Cantisano — Sat, 27 Jan 2018 03:51:46 +0000

The popularity of cryptocurrencies has been rising at a feverish pace. While it takes quite a bit of resources to mine, it looks like others are turning to less reputable ways to mine the currency. Read more...

Bitcoin falls to $10,000, multiple cryptocurrencies tumble

Muhammad Jarir Kanji — Wed, 17 Jan 2018 00:53:50 +0000

In yet another testament to the extreme volatility of digital currencies, Bitcoin has fallen to almost half of its earlier valuation of approximately $19,500. Other currencies are also seeing losses. Read more...

Android malware mines cryptocurrency and causes physical device damage

Timi Cantisano — Wed, 20 Dec 2017 02:38:02 +0000

A newly discovered malware for Android is a jack of all trades when it comes to malicious activity. But its crypto-mining capability should be of most concern given the hardware strain it imposes. Read more...

Cryptocurrency mining bigger problem than expected, affects 500 million PCs

Muhammad Jarir Kanji — Sat, 14 Oct 2017 05:54:01 +0000

Websites stealthily using the CPU resources of visitors could be a much larger problem than expected, with a report suggesting as many as 500 million PCs visit sites that use such tools. Read more...

Researchers detect CowerSnail Linux virus during ongoing investigation

Dreyer Smit — Wed, 26 Jul 2017 15:12:01 +0000

During an investigation into large scale attacks like WannaCry, the researchers found a new Linux virus that can be used to execute commands or mine crypto-currencies on an infected system. Read more...

Star Trek-themed ransomware "Kirk" has a Spock decryptor, uses Monero for payments

Justin Luna — Fri, 17 Mar 2017 08:54:01 +0000

A new ransomware variant that uses Star Trek references has been discovered. Called "Kirk," the malware asks for payments to be made in Moneros. Once paid, it will launch a decryptor called "Spock." Read more...