A fan-made Mario game says ‘Lets-a-cryptomine’
The world’s most iconic plumber has been spotted as the subject of a fan-made video game that’s widely available for download across the internet—but keep reading before you go to download it.
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A fan-made Mario game says ‘Lets-a-cryptomine’
The world’s most iconic plumber has been spotted as the subject of a fan-made video game that’s widely available for download across the internet—but keep reading before you go to download it.
Coinhive shuts down | Avast
Cryptojacking stole the limelight away from ransomware at the end of 2017, becoming a major cyberthreat that continued into 2018. On March 8, 2019 Coinhive, the service that enables websites around the world to use browser CPUs to mine Monero, will shu…
Hide ‘N Seek Botnet expands | Avast
Written by Adolf St?eda and Jan Neduchal
North Carolina held for ransom and Agent Tesla becomes stealthy
North Carolina water utility shut down by ransomware
Hurricane Michael, Florence, and now this. It seems North Carolina just can’t catch a break as one of its major water utilities went offline following a ransomware attack. The Onslow Water and Sewer…
MikroTik routers targeted by cryptomining campaign | Avast
Authors: Martin Hron and David Jursa
Avast AV reclassifies cryptominers | Avast
Cryptomining has grown so rampant that we’ve revised the guidelines for how our software identifies and classifies mining programs. Depending on the miner’s behavior, our software will label it as a Tool or as malware.
Cryptojacking surges and here’s what to do about it | Avast
In the bustling industry of cybercrime, ransomware has always been a popular weapon of choice…until this year. In 2018, illicit cryptomining (AKA cryptojacking) took the title, surging 459%. Cryptojacking is the crime of using somebody else’s compute…
Phishing scams pick up the phone and MikroTik routers watch and listen | Avast
Bank phishing scam phones it in
Many banking customers in Brazil woke up to a rude shock as the security module they installed as instructed turned out to be a trojan. Dubbed Camubot, the Trojan malware proudly sports banking logos and other branding,…
Phishing scams pick up the phone and MikroTik routers watch and listen | Avast
Bank phishing scam phones it in
Many banking customers in Brazil woke up to a rude shock as the security module they installed as instructed turned out to be a trojan. Dubbed Camubot, the Trojan malware proudly sports banking logos and other branding,…