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Bogus hack apps hack users back for cryptocash

February 7, 2018 admin Adware, Android, coin hive, coin miners, cybercrime, hack, hack app, Mobile, Trojan

Credit to Author: Nathan Collier| Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2018 19:30:00 +0000

Recently, we discovered a gold mine of fake hack apps that mine for Monero cryptocurrency and serve up annoying adware.

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Why is Malwarebytes blocking CoinHive?

October 18, 2017 admin adam kujawa, bitcoin, blocking, coin hive, coinhive, coinhive.com, crypto miners, cryptocurrency, exclusion, javascript miner, Malwarebytes, miners, monero, script miner, Security world, Technology, The Pirate Bay, web protection

Credit to Author: Adam Kujawa| Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2017 15:00:25 +0000

Since September 19, the number two most frequently blocked website for our customers has been coinhive.com. This post will describe what CoinHive is, what it is doing, and why we are blocking it.

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Tags: adam kujawa bitcoin blocking coin hive coinhive coinhive.com crypto miners cryptocurrency exclusion javascript miner Malwarebytes miners monero script miner The Pirate Bay web protection

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