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Someone hacked Blackberry to steal computing power for mining cryptocurrency

09
Jan
2018

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. Read More

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Bitcoin loses ground; hackers opt for other encrypted digital currencies

05
Jan
2018

Bitcoin’s popularity is waning as alternatives such as Stellar, ZCash or monero climb the cybercriminals’ preferred list.

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Bitcoin traders beware: Fake trading bot offer delivers RAT

08
Dec
2017

As the price of Bitcoin keeps hitting surprising heights, more and more cyber crooks are turning their sights on anything and anyone who trades or uses the popular cryptocurrency. The latest attempt to deliver malware to a specific group of Bitcoin users was spotted by Fortinet researchers. Read More

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