CoinTelegraph

Malwarebytes' Cybercrime Q2 2018 Report: Cryptojacking is Plateauing in Response to Markets

Interest in cryptojacking is potentially waning among cybercriminals in response to lower cryptocurrency market valuations, according to a report from MalwareBytes Labs released July 17. Cryptojacking ...
eWeek

What We Learned from Malware Attacks in 2018

Dr. Chris Hillman, Global AI Lead at Teradata, joins eSpeaks to explore why open data ecosystems are becoming essential for enterprise AI success. In this episode, he breaks down how openness — in ...
HotHardware

Mac Malware Exploded By 400% In 2018 Far Outpacing New PC Infections

Get a Mac, they said. It will be fun, they said. But what they did not tell you is that Macs are not immune to malware, contrary to what some people might think. It has to be less of a risk though, ...
Infosecurity-magazine.com

Healthcare Malware Infections Soar 60% from 2018

Cyber-criminals are increasingly focusing data stealing and ransomware attacks on healthcare organizations (HCOs), with detected infections increasing by 60% from 2018 to the first three quarters of ...
CoinDesk

Crypto Price Tracker Poses Malware Threat for Macs: Report

A cryptocurrency ticker application called CoinTicker appears to be installing two backdoors on Apple Macs, cybersecurity firm Malwarebytes warned Monday. The app downloads and installs parts of two ...
Forbes

Crypto Mining Malware Grew 4,000% This Year

Cryptocurrency hackers were busy during 2018, and it wasn’t launching ransomware attacks at companies and individuals around the globe. With the price of digital tokens declining throughout 2018, ...
Threat Post

ThreatList: Ransomware Attacks Down, Fileless Malware Up in 2018

The first half of 2018 saw an uptick in fileless malware attacks and a downturn in ransomware attacks, for now. The use of fileless malware in attacks continues to grow and now represents 42 out of ...
CRN

The Eight Most Dangerous Types Of Malware In 2018

Malicious software, better known as malware, is a type of computer program that is designed to run for the benefit of someone other than the owner of the computer. Malware can be used to compromise ...
ZDNet

Malware that hunts for account credentials on adult websites tripled in 2018

The number of detections for malware strains that hunt for login credentials on adult-themed websites tripled in 2018, while the number of adverts selling access to hacked accounts on porn portals ...
TechCrunch

New malware pulls its instructions from code hidden in memes posted to Twitter

Security researchers said they’ve found a new kind of malware that takes its instructions from code hidden in memes posted to Twitter. The malware itself is relatively underwhelming: like most ...
CoinTelegraph

Amateur Cryptojackers and Apple Macs Emerge as Two Mining Malware Trends for 2018

2017 was a big year for cryptojacking. It increased by 8,500 percent, according to figures published by Symantec in March. And it would seem that 2018 has so far been an even bigger year for mining ...