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Delving Deeply Into a Bitcoin Botnet

22
May
2013

Bitcoin is a virtual decentralized currency that was created in 2009 by developer Satoshi Nakamoto, who described the currency in a paper. Recently Bitcoin has gotten lots of attention. In early 2013, the prices reached a high of US$265 per Bitcoin. The following chart shows the currency’s historical price:Because Bitcoin is a virtual currency and […]

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Bitcoin Mining Botnet Found with DDoS Capabilities

04
Sep
2011

Trend Micro recently came across a botnet that turns an infected system into an involuntary Bitcoin miner. Bitcoin is a digital currency that uses peer-to-peer (P2P) networks to track and verify transactions. Bitcoins are generated by a free Bitcoin miner application.The malware detected as BKDR_BTMINE.MNR installs the mining software onto affected systems. It uses the […]

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