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A week in security (August 26 – September 1)

September 3, 2019 admin a week in security, asruex, BlockChain, Clickjacking, Coinmining, emotet, iPhone, nextdoor, retadup, trickbot, VPN, xHelper

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Tue, 03 Sep 2019 19:02:14 +0000

A roundup of the latest cybersecurity news for the week of August 26-September 1 including xHelper Trojan, Nextdoor app, clickjacking problem, investing cybersecurity, and iPhone malware

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Don’t be a Coinmining Zombie – Part 2: How Do You Protect Yourself from being Cryptojacked?

June 14, 2018 admin Coinmining, Consumer, Cryptojacking, Mobile Security, Security

Credit to Author: Trend Micro| Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2018 13:04:32 +0000

Safe behaviors to protect yourself from cryptojacking follow the familiar rules you should adhere to every day to protect yourself against viruses, worms, bots, and malware, including ransomware, which are typically pushed to you through phishing techniques and social engineering: Strengthen your network device’s credentials (e.g., your router), to make it less open…

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Don’t Be a Coinmining Zombie – Part 1: Getting Cryptojacked

June 11, 2018 admin bitcoin, Coinmining, Consumer, cryptocurrency, cryptocurrency mining, cryptojacked, Mobile Security, Security

Credit to Author: Trend Micro| Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2018 13:00:39 +0000

When your computer or mobile device (and now, even your IoT device) is hijacked to secretly mine cryptocurrencies, it’s been cryptojacked and becomes a coinmining zombie. Its CPU, memory, disk, and power are enlisted in varying degrees in the service of the mining botnet, which labors on behalf of those who use it, with other…

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