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There’s a hole in my bucket: Bitcoin scams aim to exploit volatile market

December 13, 2017 admin bitcoin, BitCoin Scam, BTC, coin, cryptocurrency, cybercrime, fake, faucet, miner, miners, Mining, phish, phishing, SCAM, Social engineering, support scammer

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2017 19:53:19 +0000

The digital world of Bitcoin is ablaze with profit, speculation, and potential riches for all – unfortunately, scammers are in on the action and will stop at nothing to relieve the unwary of their digital fortunes. From the oldest tricks in the book to all new types of scams, it seems everyone is turning their attention to Bitcoin. What are the threats, and what can you do about it to stay safe?

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From ransomware to Web miners

November 15, 2017 admin coinhive, cryptocurrencies, cryptors, forecasts, malware, miners, ransomware, Threats, Web miners

Credit to Author: Alexey Malanov| Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2017 11:04:09 +0000

Next year is likely to see malware creators and distributors switch from ransomware to malicious Web miners.

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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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