The crypto community is bracing for a real revolution - leading cryptocurrencies may abandon the Proof-of-Work (PoW) algorithm. The reason is the far-reaching game of mining giant Bitmain, which is ...
Not just a miner, the malware also sets up a hidden default account with system administrator privileges, to be used for re-infection and further attacks. The ShadowBrokers’ release of a trove of ...
The name says it all: WannaMine. Panda, a Bilbao, Spain-based cybersecurity company, wrote in the beginning of February that "a new malware variant has been taking over computers around the world, ...
Monero's lack of programmable scripts prevents it from scaling in layers and reaching mass adoption. The absence of ASIC resistance in Bitcoin doesn't hinder its decentralization, as miners seek out ...
Monero is a well-designed privacy coin with features that give it some important advantages over Bitcoin. These advantages include privacy, better fungibility, ASIC resistance, dynamic block size, a ...
The group behind the VenusLocker ransomware have switched to cryptocurrency mining Monero. Criminals behind the VenusLocker ransomware have switched to cryptocurrency mining in their latest campaign ...
A security vendor has found another clue that North Korea may be turning to illegal cryptocurrency mining as a way to bring cash into the nation's economy amid tightening international sanctions.