On January 18, 2018, Opera announced that it will be adding protection on its mobile browsers
against cryptocurrency mining scripts.
There is a higher need now for extra protection
against cryptocurrency mining scripts as there are over three million websites that are exposed to cryptojacking, according to reports.
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Bitcoin investors are on alert to see whether Beijing will take further action
against cryptocurrencies, such as shutting down bitcoin «
mines», the energy - hungry operations that create bitcoin by solving mathematical problems using vast banks of computers.
By the end of 2017, several researchers had reported additional spear phishing campaigns
against South Korean
cryptocurrency exchanges, numerous successful thefts, and even Bitcoin and Monero
mining.
A Mac App Store app called Calendar 2 has been
mining a digital coin known as Monero using customers» machines, and Apple took no action
against the app despite knowing about it for at least 24 hours.As Ars Technica points out, Calendar 2 is supposed to have an opt - in feature that allows users to choose to let the app
mine cryptocurrency to unlock paid features that normally require an in - app purchase, but instead, it's been bugged and has been
mining Monero by default.
Mining scripts are JS scripts like the one Coinhive executes in your web browser.This program can add safety to the system towards different internet mining scripts by modifying the Windows Hosts file further protecting the user against web cryptocurrency m
Mining scripts are JS scripts like the one Coinhive executes in your web browser.This program can add safety to the system towards different internet
mining scripts by modifying the Windows Hosts file further protecting the user against web cryptocurrency m
mining scripts by modifying the Windows Hosts file further protecting the user
against web
cryptocurrency miners.
Authorities in South Korea have reportedly filed suit
against a U.S.
cryptocurrency mining firm, alleging a multi-million dollar fraud.
By the end of 2017, several researchers had reported additional spear phishing campaigns
against South Korean
cryptocurrency exchanges, numerous successful thefts, and even Bitcoin and Monero
mining.
CoinDesk Authorities in South Korea have reportedly filed suit
against a U.S.
cryptocurrency mining firm, alleging a multi-million dollar fraud.
This latest action followed a series of high - profile attacks and successful thefts of South Korean
cryptocurrency by North Korean actors in 2017, mainly in the form of spear - phishing campaigns
against South Korean
cryptocurrency exchanges, as well as Bitcoin and Monero
mining.
Some experts believe that North Korea may use that knowledge in order to conduct hostile attacks
against cryptocurrency infrastructure like exchanges and
mining operations.
Against this backdrop such headlines, before you start
mining or purchasing any
cryptocurrency you need to give some thought to how you're going to store it.
Vectra also notes the problems with
cryptocurrency mining and crypto jacking as «creat [ing noise that can may [sic] hide serious security issues; -LSB-...] impact [ing] the reputation of an organization's IP address -LSB-...]; [allowing] cybercriminals [to] buy access to compromised computers to launch targeted attacks
against universities.»