Cryptojacking Archives

Japan Convicts Man For Cryptojacking Website Visitors

February 10, 2020

Authorities in Japan have convicted a 32-year-old website designer for embedding a cryptojacking script onto his website without warning the victims he would be using their machines to mine cryptocurrency. A...

Two Russians Prosecuted for Mining Crypto on Government Computers

December 17, 2019

The Russian authorities have prosecuted two citizens of the country for illegally mining digital currencies on computers of state organizations. Reported by local media outlet TASS on Monday, the two perpetr...

Firefox Gets Option to Block Crypto Mining Scripts

May 24, 2019

Mozilla has rolled out an update for its widely used web-browser Firefox and added an option to block crypto mining scripts. The feature has been added to the Firefox Quantum browser and is tucked inside the...

Cryptojacking-Associated Mining Service ‘Coinhive’ Shuts Down

February 28, 2019

Controversial cryptocurrency mining service Coinhive will be shutting down its operations on March 8 due to financial inviability, a blog post from the company announced on February 26. The decision reported...

McAfee: Cryptojacking Increased by 4,000 Percent in 2018

December 20, 2018

Cybersecurity firm McAfee released a report this Thursday which showed a massive uptick in the use of cryptojacking malware over the course of 2018. A word that could have been coined only in the strange wor...

Researchers Find 100+ Pieces of Cryptojacking Malware Disguised as Flash Player

October 12, 2018

Remember Flash Player? That handy-dandy web add-on that we all needed to play Insaniquarium in the early 2000s? Well, it’s still alive and kicking. And apparently, it’s become the new weapon of choice for cry...

Almost Two Thirds of UK IT Companies Have Been Crypto-Jacked

August 16, 2018

Market research in the UK has found that almost two-thirds of IT companies have experienced crypto-jacking attacks. 80 percent attacked in the last six months The survey asked 750 IT executives across the...

Crypto-Jacking Scheme Discovered in Brazil Could Spread Worldwide

August 5, 2018

Tens of thousands of internet routers across Brazil have been programmed to mine Monero for crypto-jackers, according to a Chicago-based IT security company called Trustwave. Preciso de ajuda Simon Kenin,...

Japanese Man Sentenced to a Year in Prison for Using Cryptojacking Malware

July 3, 2018

Japanese news media sources reported earlier this week that a man has been sentenced to a year in prison, with a three-year sentencing suspension. His crime? Employing ‘cryptojacking’ malware–a piece of softw...

Japan May Prosecute Cryptojackers as Criminals, Marking Legal First

June 13, 2018

Three individuals are being investigated by Japanese police over their alleged involvement in a crypto jacking scheme, according to the Mainichi. The suspects allegedly mined a cryptocurrency called Monero f...