cryptomining

Digitimes' industry sources claim that Q1 2019 motherboard shipments will "fall dramatically" thanks to reduced demand from the crypto mining sector and "seasonal factors." Gigabyte, Biostar and ECS will supposedly be hit particularly hard, as proportionally, they ship more entry level...

Google has decided they will no longer allow cryptomining apps on the Play Store. They've updated their policy to reflect this and the only cryptomining apps allowed now are those that monitor mining operations on remote devices. This banning of cryptomining follows the steps of Apple who banned...

HashFlare is one of the largest mining companies out there and they have abruptly shutdown all of their SHA-256 (Bitcoin) mining equipment. Needless to say their customers are howling at the moon and some have lost thousands of dollars on contracts they had with HashFlare. You can check out this...

It appears that over 100K users have downloaded a Chrome extension call Archive Poster and is mining Monero whenever the browser is open. It seems like everyday there's a new cryptoming malware release and all the browsers are being hijacked one way of the other. Also, this thing has been...

Opera has become the first popular browser to offer an integrated cryptomining blocker in its browser. In this day of cryptomining malware a browser with automatic blocking is a welcome thing. Go out and get the new beta if you're worried about mining crypto for unscrupulous hackers. Opera's...

The good folks at Trend Micro have discovered a new cryptomining bot in the wild and it spreads through Facebook Messenger. The good news is this one won't melt down your phone or tablet and the bad news is it will infect your Chrome web browser on your desktop. If you get a video file through...

A couple of days ago I reported on a nasty little android trojan that is modular and can be used to do multiple things. One of those things is cryptomining and it's not a good thing for your device. It's so aggressive that it can overheat your battery and destroy your device. Check out what...