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India Saw Massive Surge in Ransomware, IoT Cyber Attacks in H1 2023: Report
While major economies like the US and the UK witnessed a decline in ransomware attacks, India (up 133 percent) and Germany (52 percent) are among the countries that saw a huge surge in such attacks, the 2023 SonicWall Mid-Year Cyber Threat Report for the January-June period stated. At the global level, a variety of other attacks have trended up, in...
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‘Cryptojacking’ Attacks on Financial Firms on the Rise; Systems Used to Mine Cryptocurrencies, Report Says
Criminals are using cryptojacking attacks to target financial firms like banks and trading houses, to use their systems to mine cryptocurrencies, according to a cybersecurity firm. In a report published on Tuesday, SonicWall revealed that the number of these events rose 30 percent to 66.7 million. Hackers are distributing malware across corporate s...
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Google Cloud Develops Cryptojacking Solution to Detect Mining Malware on Virtual Machines
Google Cloud has developed a new threat-detecting solution to curb hack attacks on crypto miners. The tool, named Virtual Machine Threat Detection, will work to identify and stop crypto mining malware attack facilitated by virtual machines.
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Gamers Particularly Targeted in Cryptojacking - Avast Malware Researcher Daniel Benes Explains Why
Gamers have been the target of several recent malware attacks. In one of the latest episodes, Crackonosh, a cryptojacking malware was installed into the gamers’ system while free versions of games like NBA 2K19, Grand Theft Auto V, Far Cry 5, The Sims 4, and Jurassic World Evolution were downloaded from unreliable sources like torrents. Gadgets 3...
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Cryptocurrency Mining: Prevent Websites From Mining Bitcoin on Android, iOS and Web
Crypto mining is the process where many websites on the internet use your phone or computer’s hardware to mine cryptocurrency without your permission, and in turn harming your device’s hardware. Follow this guide as we tell you how to prevent websites from using your phone or computer hardware to mine cryptocurrency.
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Indian Enterprises Face Over 2.8 Lakh Cyber Threats Daily: Report
Enterprises in India faced more than 2.6 crore cyber threats during the third quarter of 2018 -- translating to over 2.8 lakhs threats every day, according to a new report from Seqrite, the enterprise arm of global IT security firm Quick Heal Technologies.
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Hackers Target Smartphones to Mine Cryptocurrencies
Cryptojacking affects mostly smartphones running Google's Android operating system.
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Popular Google Chrome Extension Caught Mining Cryptocurrency, Removed From Web Store
The Chrome extension Archive Poster had been caught deploying an in-browser cryptocurrency miner unknowingly to its users in the past few updates.
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India Saw Massive Surge in Ransomware, IoT Cyber Attacks in H1 2023: Report
While major economies like the US and the UK witnessed a decline in ransomware attacks, India (up 133 percent) and Germany (52 percent) are among the countries that saw a huge surge in such attacks, the 2023 SonicWall Mid-Year Cyber Threat Report for the January-June period stated. At the global level, a variety of other attacks have trended up, in...
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‘Cryptojacking’ Attacks on Financial Firms on the Rise; Systems Used to Mine Cryptocurrencies, Report Says
Criminals are using cryptojacking attacks to target financial firms like banks and trading houses, to use their systems to mine cryptocurrencies, according to a cybersecurity firm. In a report published on Tuesday, SonicWall revealed that the number of these events rose 30 percent to 66.7 million. Hackers are distributing malware across corporate s...
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Google Cloud Develops Cryptojacking Solution to Detect Mining Malware on Virtual Machines
Google Cloud has developed a new threat-detecting solution to curb hack attacks on crypto miners. The tool, named Virtual Machine Threat Detection, will work to identify and stop crypto mining malware attack facilitated by virtual machines.
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Gamers Particularly Targeted in Cryptojacking - Avast Malware Researcher Daniel Benes Explains Why
Gamers have been the target of several recent malware attacks. In one of the latest episodes, Crackonosh, a cryptojacking malware was installed into the gamers’ system while free versions of games like NBA 2K19, Grand Theft Auto V, Far Cry 5, The Sims 4, and Jurassic World Evolution were downloaded from unreliable sources like torrents. Gadgets 3...
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Cryptocurrency Mining: Prevent Websites From Mining Bitcoin on Android, iOS and Web
Crypto mining is the process where many websites on the internet use your phone or computer’s hardware to mine cryptocurrency without your permission, and in turn harming your device’s hardware. Follow this guide as we tell you how to prevent websites from using your phone or computer hardware to mine cryptocurrency.
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Indian Enterprises Face Over 2.8 Lakh Cyber Threats Daily: Report
Enterprises in India faced more than 2.6 crore cyber threats during the third quarter of 2018 -- translating to over 2.8 lakhs threats every day, according to a new report from Seqrite, the enterprise arm of global IT security firm Quick Heal Technologies.
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Hackers Target Smartphones to Mine Cryptocurrencies
Cryptojacking affects mostly smartphones running Google's Android operating system.
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Popular Google Chrome Extension Caught Mining Cryptocurrency, Removed From Web Store
The Chrome extension Archive Poster had been caught deploying an in-browser cryptocurrency miner unknowingly to its users in the past few updates.
