Microsoft Sees Cryptocurrency Miners as an ‘Increasing Threat’

Software giant Microsoft has labelled malicious cryptocurrency miners as an increasing threat as cybercriminals increasingly turn to new attack vectors...

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Microsoft Blocks Malicious Cryptocurrency Miner to Save 400,000 Users

March 8, 2018

A highly sophisticated new malware strain targeting Windows computers that attempted to infect nearly half a million machines has seen...

Cybercriminals Make Crypto Gains with Spoofed Premium Software

December 26, 2017

While social engineering remains an infiltration method for cybercriminals to install cryptocurrency miners on victims’ computers, ‘free’ premium software packages...