Malware Campaign Targeting Jaxx Wallet Holders Shut Down

A site spoofing the official Jaxx website was discovered packing several infections for Windows and Mac machines, and has been shut down. A malware campaign targeted Jaxx cryptocurrency wallet holders through a website spoofed to mimic the legitimate Jaxx site, researchers at Flashpoint reported this week. The fraudulent site has since been taken down. Jaxx was created by Ethereum cofounder and Decentral founder Anthony Di Iorio, who built the wallet in 2015 to help people manage digital assets. It has been downloaded more than 1.2 million times on desktop and mobile, the company reported in March. Its latest version, Jaxx Liberty supports more than a dozen cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin and Ethereum. Earlier this month, Flashpoint...

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Move over ransomware attacks as hackers take to cryptojacking

When it comes to increased cryptojacking activities, India is second in the Asia-Pacific and Japan (APJ) region and ninth globally as hackers create a highly-profitable, new revenue stream with crypto-mining, cyber security giant Symantec said on Wednesday.According to Symantec's "Internet Security Threat Report", detection of coinminers on endpoint computers increased by a whopping 8,500% in 2017."Cryptojacking is a rising threat to cyber and personal security," Tarun Kaura, Director, Enterprise Security Product Management, APJ at Symantec, said in a statement."The massive profit incentive puts people, devices and organizations at risk of unauthorised coinminers siphoning resources from their systems,...

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Do you know the difference between viruses, trojans and malicious software? This primer should help explain it:

Playlist 02:00 / 02:21 AUTOPLAY: ON Share Fullscreen What is malware? Everything you need to know about viruses, trojans and malicious software Cyber attacks and malware are one of the biggest threats on the internet. Learn about the different types of malware - and how to avoid falling victim to attacks. What is malware? Malware is shorthand for 'malicious software'. It is software developed by cyber attackers with the intention of gaining access or causing damage to a computer or network, often while the victim remains oblivious to the fact there's been a compromise. A common alternative description of malware is 'computer virus' - although are big differences between these...

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