North Korea is stepping up mining of the privacy coin monero as the regime continues its efforts to circumvent sanctions. The report attributes the changing preference for monero to the fact XMR ...

A number of apps in Microsoft's app store have been found to be able to illicitly mine cryptocurrency. The eight apps, discovered by Symantec on Jan. 17, hosted a version of Coinhive, a script for ...

At least 5% of all the Monero cryptocurrency currently in circulation has been mined using malware, and about 2% of the total daily hashrate comes from devices infected with cryptocurrency-mining ...

Malware that mines cryptocurrency has made a comeback over the summer, with an increased number of campaigns being discovered and documented by cyber-security firms. The primary reason for this sudden ...

HTC, the mobile phone manufacturer that has taken a special interest in the application of blockchain technology for mobile phones, has now decided to cross into the realm of mining. HTC Exodus, its ...

Illicit Monero-mining malware accounts for more than 4 percent of the XMR in circulation, and has created $57 million in profits for the bad guys. An academic analysis of cryptomining malware has ...

A quick glance at some of the key trends in cyber security during the first months of 2018 and its clear that cryptocurrency mining has become a new target for cyber criminals. While ransomware ...