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New Deepfakes forum goes mining with Coinhive

February 8, 2018 admin bitcoin, bitcoins, cryptocurrency, cryptomining, cybercrime, deepfakes, Mining, privacy, scripts

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2018 19:23:40 +0000

With the collapse of the main Deepfakes hubs on Reddit, users have moved away to other forums. Problem is, at least one of them is mining for cryptocurrency. Can your PC handle it?

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Web miners in YouTube ads

February 5, 2018 admin advertising, bitcoin, BlockChain, Browsers, cryptocurrencies, fraud, internet, Mining, Security, Threats, Web miners

Credit to Author: Anna Markovskaya| Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2018 13:40:24 +0000

While you’re watching YouTube, someone might just be using your device to mine cryptocurrency.

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Ransomware’s difficult second album

February 2, 2018 admin bitcoins, coins, crypto, cryptocurrency, cryptomining, cybercrime, hacking, malware, miners, Mining, ransomware

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Fri, 02 Feb 2018 15:00:00 +0000

We take a look at the difficulties faced by ransomware authors as they try to adapt and evolve to the next form of stealthier Bitcoin hoarding: cryptocurrency mining.

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Digital Transformation or Operations Transformation?

January 10, 2018 admin ampla, ARC Advisory, Business transformation, cloud, Digital transformation, EcoStruxure, lean manufacturing, Machine and Process Management, MES, Mining, Mining/Metals/Minerals, production improvement, Ralph Rio, wonderware

Credit to Author: Greg Johnson| Date: Tue, 09 Jan 2018 20:35:42 +0000

In 2008 I was the product marketing manager for a mining-industry MES package called Ampla (still going strong today). In those days, we would focus on the relationship between people,… Read more »

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Scrimping on software could blow a hole in your budget

January 2, 2018 admin cryptocurrencies, fraud, internet, Mining, not-a-virus, riskware, Security, Threats

Credit to Author: Anna Markovskaya| Date: Tue, 02 Jan 2018 14:00:22 +0000

Hacked programs freely distributed online are found to be equipped with a hidden NiceHash cryptocurrency miner.

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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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