Dubbed CoinStomp, the malware is compromised of shell scripts that "attempt to exploit cloud compute instances hosted by cloud service providers for the purpose of mining cryptocurrency," according to ...

Threat actors have so far made about $2 million from Crackonosh, which secretly mines Monero cryptocurrency from affected devices. A new Monero cryptojacking malware distributed via “cracked” versions ...

Microsoft uncovered 150+ AI-assisted cryptojacking domains using fake software downloads to deploy persistent malware.

A new variant of cryptojacking malware from threat group TeamTnT has been uncovered by Palo Alto Networks’ threat intelligence team, Unit 42. The malware, named Black-T, “gives evidence of a shift in ...

Cyber criminals have come up with new malware sent in emails to attack cryptocurrencies like bitcoin, litecoin and ethereum. According to email security firm MailGuard, the new “malware pandemic” is a ...

Attackers are targeting system utility applications favored by PC users with high-performance GPUs, as these systems offer the greatest mining potential.

New samples of the RapperBot botnet malware have added cryptojacking capabilites to mine for cryptocurrency on compromised Intel x64 machines. The change occurred gradually, with developers first ...

Cyber criminals are targeting vulnerable Microsoft Exchange servers with cryptocurrency mining malware in a campaign designed to secretly use the processing power of compromised systems to make money.

Software firm BlackBerry and tech giant Intel have joined the fight against crypto-mining malware with the launch of a detection tool for Intel's commercial PCs. Dubbed the the BlackBerry Optics ...

Microsoft today announced that Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, the enterprise version of its Windows 10 Defender antivirus, now comes with support for blocking cryptojacking malware using Intel's ...

Education organizations in the United States are experiencing a “massive spike” in malware, encrypted threats, and cryptojacking so far this year, even as ransomware attacks have slowed, according to ...

A new cryptojacking malware campaign is targeting Docker environments using a novel mining technique, according to researchers from Darktrace and Cado Security Labs. The campaign demonstrates a trend ...