The Los Angeles Times – Computer Security Articles

Who and What Is Coinhive?

March 26, 2018 admin A Little Sunshine, Andre Krumb, AuthedMine, Badges2Go UG, Blackberry, Blockchain Future, Browsealoud, cha0s, coinhive, Die Welt, Dominic Szablewski, Dustweb Inc., Eroxell Limited, Eroxell Ltd, g4m8l3r, Gamb, int13h, JavaScript, Lars-Marten Nagel, Malwarebytes, Mattias Moench, Politifact, pr0gramm, pr0miner, publicwww, Reinhard Fuerstberger, SHOWTIME, Starbucks, Suntainment SL, Sylvia Klein, The Los Angeles Times, Troy Mursch, UA-571256, Who is Coinhive?, Youtube

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2018 12:12:31 +0000

Multiple security firms recently identified cryptocurrency mining service Coinhive as the top malicious threat to Web users, thanks to the tendency for Coinhive’s computer code to be used on hacked Web sites to steal the processing power of its visitors’ devices. This post looks at how Coinhive vaulted to the top of the threat list less than a year after its debut, and explores clues about the possible identities of the individuals behind the service.

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The Download on the DNC Hack

January 23, 2017 admin Andrew Kramer, Dmitry Artimovich, DNC hack, Donald Trump, Festi, Forbes, Kaleev Leetaru, King Servers, Nina Agrawal, Other, power grid hack, Rolling Stone, Spam Nation, The Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, The Washington Post, ThreatConnect, Vladimir M. Fomenko

Over the past few weeks, I’ve been inundated with questions from readers asking why I haven’t written much about two stories that have consumed the news media of late: The alleged Russian hacking attacks against the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and, more recently, the discovery of malware on a laptop at a Vermont power utility that has been attributed to Russian hacker groups. I’ve avoided covering these stories mainly because I don’t have any original reporting to add to them, and because I generally avoid chasing the story of the day — preferring instead to focus on producing original journalism on cybercrime and computer security.