Tag: bitcoin
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Throwback Thursday: Malware taking a bit(coin) more than we bargained for
In late spring of 2011, a sudden rise in the price of Bitcoin – reaching almost US$30, up from less than $1 barely a month earlier – attracted the attention of malware authors. They added mining capabilities to their malicious creations and made them look for Bitcoin wallets, while many websites added JavaScript code that used…
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Throwback Thursday: Malware taking a bit(coin) more than we bargained for
In late spring of 2011, a sudden rise in the price of Bitcoin – reaching almost US$30, up from less than $1 barely a month earlier – attracted the attention of malware authors. They added mining capabilities to their malicious creations and made them look for Bitcoin wallets, while many websites added JavaScript code that used…
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VB2014 Paper: Well, that escalated quickly. From penny-stealing malware to multi-million-dollar heists, a quick overview of the Bitcoin bonanza in the digital era
Santiago Pontiroli takes us on a rollercoaster ride through cryptocurrency land. Over the next few months, we will be sharing VB2014 conference papers as well as video recordings of the presentations. Today, we have added ‘Well, that escalated quickly. From penny-stealing malware to multi-million-dollar heists, a quick overview of the bitcoin bonanza in the digital…
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$83k in bitcoins ‘stolen’ through BGP hijack
Short-lived network changes used to make miners connect to rogue pool. Researchers at Dell SecureWorks have discovered an operation that used BGP hijacking to force bitcoin miners to connect to mining pools under the attackers’ control, thus gaining them a lot of extra mining power and, ultimately, about $83,000 in bitcoins. New bitcoins are constantly…
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Compromised websites used to mine bitcoins
In-the-browser botnet turns victims’ CPU cycles into cash for the attackers. Researchers have discovered a compromised website where a piece of JavaScript has been included that is used to mine bitcoins for the attacker. Bitcoins are a digital currency whose popularity and value have increased significantly in recent years. Bitcoins can be used to make…