Category: Cybersecurity

A Swiss report has unearthed that a virus that mines Monero is responsible for one of the largest attacks on the Swiss crypto industry this year. Trojan malware that was once used for hacking into large-scale banks is now being used to attack crypto-asset exchanges. Swiss Researchers Uncover Cybersecurity Threat The news of the computer virus attacking Swiss crypto exchanges comes from Switzerland’s Reporting and Analysis Centre for Information Assurance (MELANI). Malware has long been used by cyber-criminals to break into major banking systems but has now evolved to attack…

Affected users have been unknowingly mining Monero. Brazil has been hit by an elaborate cryptocurrency mining attack that infected hundreds of thousands of routers across the country. The attack, which is still ongoing, affects MikroTik routers specifically. In this instance, over 200,000 machines have been affected, creating a massive XMR-mining botnet across Brazil. The perpetrators were able to infect devices with malicious code, surreptitiously running CoinHive in the background. For those unfamiliar, CoinHive is a popular Monero mining script which has become widely used to pool processing power to mine…

A malware campaign spreading a clipboard hijacker has infected over 300,000 computers, according to Chinese security firm Qihoo 360 Total Security. The campaign has been raging for the past week and has spread a malware which Qihoo researchers have named ClipboardWalletHijacker. Malware replaces BTC & ETH addresses in the clipboard The malware’s purpose is to intercept content recorded in the Windows clipboard, look for strings resembling Bitcoin and Ethereum addresses, and replace them with ones owned by the malware’s authors. ClipboardWalletHijacker’s end-plan is to hijack BTC and ETH transactions, so…

Syscoin developers are reporting a malicious file that has been located within the new Syscoin 3.0.4.1 installer that has been available for download via the Syscoin Github as of the 9th of June 2018. The file came through a compromised Github account and seems to contain a Trojan Horse type virus. Since then, Syscoin have uploaded a full report which details what has happened and moreover, what users need to do to rectify the issue. If you think you may be affected by this, see the report from Syscoin here:…

South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Coinrail reported a hack on its website during the early morning hours of June 10, 2018. The thieves allegedly made off with over $40 million worth of altcoins and assorted tokens. Executives announced that roughly 30 percent of the tokens the exchange was housing have been taken, which amounted to nearly $20 million worth of NPXS (Pundi X) tokens, $14 million of Aston X, $6 million in tokens for Dent and over $1 million TRON. At press time, an investigation is underway, and law enforcement officials…

Criminals infected more than 100,000 computers with browser extensions that stole login credentials, surreptitiously mined cryptocurrencies, and engaged in click fraud. The malicious extensions were hosted in Google’s official Chrome Web Store. Over two months, seven extensions stole credentials and installed currency miners. The scam was active since at least March with seven malicious extensions known so far, researchers with security firm Radware reported Thursday. Google’s security team removed five of the extensions on its own and removed two more after Radware reported them. In all, the malicious add-ons infected…

The founder and CEO of Telegram and its TON Initial Coin Offering (ICO) Pavel Durov tweeted a warning on Saturday, Apr 28, telling his followers that the messaging app is experiencing downtime due to its server clusters overheating. Durov’s tweet drew the attention of fake crypto giveaway scammers who have claimed, posing as Telegram’s CEO, to offer crypto to users as a “thank you for support.” The scammers have managed to hijack the verified Twitter account of an obscure Swedish musical band Club 8 and change its name and avatar…