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Advanced Banking Trojan “Hesperbot” Can Also Steal Bitcoins

ESET HQ malware research lab is reporting new campaigns of the very effective banking trojan Hesperbot. As previously uncovered by ESET, Hesperbot is using very credible-looking spreading campaigns...

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Bitcoin-stealing Mac malware spreads disguised as cracked versions of Angry...

Mac users are warned not to download pirated software from file-sharing peer-to-peer networks, as ESET researchers have discovered Bitcoin-stealing malware being spread via cracked apps. The malware,...

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TorrentLocker: Racketeering ransomware hits Ireland as well

Security experts at ESET have released their latest research into the notorious TorrentLocker malware, which has infected thousands of computer systems around the world, taking data hostage and...

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Bitstamp hacked for $5 million in Bitcoin

19,000 Bitcoin – valued at around $275 each, so $5 million together – have been stolen from a majour European Bitcoin exchange, reports RT. Bitstamp, a four year old company based in the UK and...

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10 tips for protecting your virtual Bitcoin wallet

One of the most famous recent incidents was the attack on the bitcoin exchange, Bitstamp. On this occasion, 19,000 BTC were stolen after the virtual wallets belonging to the exchange were compromised....

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Bitcoin community ‘needs to collaborate’ over security and scalability

The Bitcoin community has been urged by some of its most prominent members to do more to achieve “technical consensus” over security and scalability. More than 30 developers and contributors involved...

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Russians embrace Bitcoins, the West sticks with PayPal

One day, as you’re busy surfing on one of your favorite online stores, you stumble upon a pair of chic shades … they’re the very ones you’ve been looking for, for quite some time. And that’s not it....

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Jigsaw and how ransomware is becoming more aggressive with new capabilities

There is no doubt that criminals have found a mechanism in ransomware enabling them to obtain significant benefits with relatively little effort. And the information stored by computers is much more...

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Real or virtual currency? Scammers accept both

Would you like to add traffic to your YouTube channel and maybe even get paid for watching YouTube videos? Or are you looking to buy and sell bitcoin “from the comfort of your phone”? The makers of the...

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Web-hosting firm agrees to pay over $1 million to ransomware extortionists

Nayana, a South Korean web hosting firm, was hit hard by a ransomware attack earlier this month which hit over 153 of its Linux servers, and impacting over 3,400 websites the company hosts for its...

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State sponsored cryptocurrency: Could it ever be a reality?

Companies showcase their products, whether they are physical, virtual or services. Images of Steve Jobs launching an iPhone or Elon Musk announcing the latest Tesla generate media interest and hype....

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Cryptocurrency web mining: In union there is profit

In the last months, we stumbled upon some JavaScript files apparently used to mine cryptocurrencies directly within the browser. For a long time now, cybercriminals have taken advantage of...

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Money-making machine: Monero-mining malware

While the world is holding its breath, wondering where notorious cybercriminal groups like Lazarus or Telebots will strike next with another destructive malware such as WannaCryptor or Petya, there are...

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Fake cryptocurrency trading apps on Google Play

Users of the popular cryptocurrency exchange Poloniex have been the target of two credential stealing apps, discovered on Google Play disguised as legitimate Poloniex mobile apps. Apart from harvesting...

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Cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex plagued by DDoS attacks

Digital currency exchange Bitfinex has been going through a sticky patch of late, having been knocked temporarily offline on Monday due to a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack that was...

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Tank-traps versus trappings in virtual currencies: A cybersecurity minefield

Virtual currencies have been the talk of the town of late — including that of the ‘online town’, judging by 2017’s top-trending search terms on Google. And, in a way, rightly so, given the genuine...

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South Korea moves to ban anonymous cryptocurrency trading

South Korea is banning the use of anonymous bank accounts for buying and selling virtual currencies, a move that is aimed at clamping down on crimes co-opting the currencies as well as at reining in...

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Irish, US and UK government websites hijacked to mine cryptocurrency on...

“Thousands of websites, including ones run by Irish, US and UK government agencies, were infected for several hours on Sunday with code that causes web browsers to secretly mine digital currencies,”...

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Cryptocurrency scams on Android: do you know what to watch out for?

The growing prices and popularity of cryptocurrencies don’t just attract masses of potential users, but also inspire cyber-crooks to find new and creative ways to get their sticky fingers on all those...

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Cryptojacking, the result of “cryptocurrency rush” and how ESET can help

The rise in value of some digital currencies has led to a kind of “cryptocurrency rush” in which the mining is carried out not only by individuals trying to earn money legitimately, but also by...

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