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Beware of Fake Zoom Malware Stealing Cryptocurrency, User Warns

A new and sophisticated scam involving a malicious Zoom look-alike is tricking users into installing malware. This scam deceives users by making it seem like a video conference is stuck loading,...

Vy Tran | Jul 24, 2024 10:41

Malware-infected WAW Utilized by Hackers for Illegal Crypto Mining

Threat experts have come across malicious code, based on WAV audio files, which is utilized by hackers to operate illegal crypto mining. Specifically, on October 16, the research team at BlackBerry...

| Oct 19, 2019 14:33

New Site Distributing Mining and Clipboard Hijacking Crypto Malware Discovered

Fumik0 – a Twitter account specialised in malware researching – has reportedly uncovered a web page which distributes cryptocurrency malware. Reported by Bleeping Computer on June 5th, a...

| Jun 08, 2019 04:34

Ransomware Attacks in Crypto Payments Rose 89% in Q1 of 2019

The average cryptocurrency ransomware in the first quarter of 2019 was $12,762, increasing nearly 89 percent compared to the amount in Q4 last year, according to the ransom payment firm Coveware....

| Apr 23, 2019 05:30

Two Romanians Convicted of Using Malware on 400,000 Computers to Steal Millions

A US federal jury has convicted two Romania nationals of a widespread malware operation primarily in the US, which caused over 400,000 personal computers to be infected with malware since 2007. By...

| Apr 17, 2019 04:35

YouTube Mistakenly Runs Malware Ad for Crypto Wallet Electrum

A Reddit user has claimed that YouTube is accidentally running an advertisement for Bitcoin wallet Electrum that turns out to contain harmful malware. According to the user named “mrsxeplatypus”...

| Mar 30, 2019 04:15

New Malware Designed to Attack Fintech firms Working in Forex and Crypto Trading In Israel

Israeli fintech firms associated with forex and crypto trading appeared to be potential targets of malware, according to an update by the online threat research team Unit 42, a department of the...

| Mar 23, 2019 04:05

Crypto Malware Found on Google Play Store

Cybersecurity firm ESET has exposed a malicious bug, reporting in an official blog post (Feb 8) that it had discovered crypto malware lurking in a fake MetaMask app available on Google Play, the...

| Feb 14, 2019 04:03

Malware Disguised as Movie File Even Steals Cryptocurrency

Downloading malware hidden in certain fake movie torrent files on The Pirate Bay (TPB) reportedly leads to several mischievous activities on computers running Windows, and even plants links to phish...

| Jan 16, 2019 09:12