The Latest in IT Security

Someone hacked Blackberry to steal computing power for mining cryptocurrency

09
Jan
2018

blackberry-keyboard-990x743

Cryptocurrency mining service Coinhive is again in the news for misuse by a customer, this time involving handset maker Blackberry. Apparently, someone hacked into the company’s global operations website and used it to steal visitors’ computing power to mine Monero – a digital currency.

Related posts:
  1. Coin Hive again enters spotlight as UFC site caught mining coins using visitors’ computers
  2. Hackers use organizations’ resources for stealthy cryptocurrency mining
  3. Cybercriminals Steal Cryptocurrency Via BGP Hijacking
  4. Hacked Synology NAS systems used in big-profit cryptocurrency mining scheme
  5. Network Attacks Containing Cryptocurrency CPU Mining Tools Grow Sixfold

Read More

Tags:  
Written by Hotforsecurity
0 Comments

Leave a reply


Categories

FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 2024
WHITE PAPERS

Mission-Critical Broadband – Why Governments Should Partner with Commercial Operators:
Many governments embrace mobile network operator (MNO) networks as ...

ARA at Scale: How to Choose a Solution That Grows With Your Needs:
Application release automation (ARA) tools enable best practices in...

The Multi-Model Database:
Part of the “new normal” where data and cloud applications are ...

Featured

Archives

Latest Comments