A Chinese espionage operator is attacking crypto firms during state-sponsored campaigns, according to a FireEye Threat Intelligence report published August 2. The intelligence company “assesses with high confidence” that APT41, a hacking collective, has moved on from financially motivated attacks…
Tag: Monero
New Monero Botnet Looks Like Last Year’s Outlaw Attack
There’s another Monero mining botnet that’s targeting China. Or maybe it’s one we’ve seen before. Bloggers steeped in the hacker-verse recently exposed a URL spreading a botnet that looks suspiciously like one unleashed by the Outlaw hacking group last year.…
Crypto Mining Malware Has Netted Nearly 5% of all Monero, Says Research
Monero (XMR) is by far the most popular cryptocurrency among criminals deploying mining malware, according to a new study. Two researchers, Sergio Pastrana and Guillermo Suarez-Tangil, from Universidad Carlos III de Madrid and King’s College London, respectively, published their report last…
US Government Interested in Tracking Privacy Coins, New Document Shows
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) wants to know if tracking transactions conducted using privacy coins is feasible. A new pre-solicitation document published by the DHS Small Business Innovation Research Program discusses the use of cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin…
A Small Crypto Coin Is Making Big Claims About a Private Proof-of-Stake
If any coin is going to fly under the radar, it makes sense for a privacy coin to do so. Spectre (not be confused with a separate project called SPECTRE), created two crypto tokens – the aptly named spectre token and…
Leadership Shifts to Usher in New Era for Monero Cryptocurrency
Monero is gearing up to decentralize all over again. Since the cryptocurrency launched in 2014, its gregarious South African project lead, Riccardo “Fluffypony” Spagni, has become the project’s unofficial figurehead, in part because of lack of competition. Famed for its privacy,…