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Cyber Security Week in Review (March 1)

By Jonathan Munshaw

Friday, March 1, 2019 09:55

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Following the Money: Comparing cryptocurrency value to illicit mining activity

July 14, 2021 08:20

By Nick Biasini In the age of meme stocks, Robinhood and Elon Musk's tweets influencing the global economy, cryptocurrency mining has not seemed as fringe as it once did. Mining has been around as long as these crytocurrencies have, but only really started to gather the attention of criminals in

Lemon Duck brings cryptocurrency miners back into the spotlight

October 13, 2020 10:59

By Vanja Svajcer, with contributions from Caitlin Huey. * We are used to ransomware attacks and big-game hunting making headlines, but there are still methods adversaries use to monetize their efforts in less intrusive ways. * Cisco Talos recently recorded increased activity of the Lemon Duck cryptocurrency-mining botnet using several techniques likely

Cryptocurrency miners aren’t dead yet: Documenting the voracious but simple “Panda”

September 17, 2019 11:09

By Christopher Evans and David Liebenberg. Executive summary A new threat actor named "Panda" has generated thousands of dollars worth of the Monero cryptocurrency through the use of remote access tools (RATs) and illicit cryptocurrency-mining malware. This is far from the most sophisticated actor we've ever seen, but it still

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