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US and UK government websites were infected with cryptomining malware code: Report

More than 4,200 sites were infected with a malicious version of a widely used tool known as Browsealoud

Forget WannaCry, cryptocurrency miner WannaMine has now been spotted stealing computing resources

WannaMine initially uses a tool called Mimikatz to steal credentials, failing which it attempts to uses EternalBlue to break in and start mining.

Cybersecurity company claims that it has found a software which sends mined cryptocurrency to a North Korean university

Others have flagged increasing signs of North Korean interest in cryptocurrencies and underlying blockchain technology.

Russian company Transneft says that its computers were used to mine the Monero cryptocurrency

Software for mining cryptocurrency were automatically downloaded from the web by a Transneft computer and was then deleted.

Kaspersky Lab discovers 'CryptoShuffler Trojan'; used to steal cryptocurrencies

According to the Russia-based Kaspersky Lab, criminals are targeting popular cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, Zcash, Dash and Monero.

Six people arrested in Delhi for looting businessman on the pretext of selling him bitcoin

The Pirate Bay miner: Here's how to keep cryptocurrency miners away from using your CPU processing power

The Pirate Bay in their short blog post mentions that the JavaScript cryptocurrency mine used can be kept away using a normal ad-blocker.

Bitcoin rivals like Monero, and Dash ready to displace it as preferable currency of cybercriminals

Bitcoin is well-entrenched as the preferred payment for cybercriminals like the WannaCry hackers who have hit more than 300,000 computers.

A cryptocurrency mining malware is spreading through the same exploit used by the WannaCry ransomware

Once infected through use of the 'EternalBlue' exploit, the cryptocurrency miner 'Adylkuzz' is installed and used to generate cybercash for the attackers.