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Google Removes Fake Crypto-Mining Apps

Data Breach Today

Researchers Say Users Paid Fees for Fake Mining Services Google has removed eight fake crypto-mining apps from its Play Store, but security researchers have flagged 120 similar apps still available on the store, according to Trend Micro. Users paid for services the eight apps never delivered.

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Crypto Mining Service Coinhive to Call it Quits

Krebs on Security

com , a cryptocurrency mining service that has been heavily abused to force hacked Web sites to mine virtual currency. Coinhive took a whopping 30 percent of the cut of all Monero currency mined by its code, and this presented something of a conflict of interest when it came to stopping the rampant abuse of its platform.

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Australian Mining Giant Confirms BianLian Ransomware Attack

Data Breach Today

News Comes on Heels of Treasury Forcing Chinese Investors to Divest BianLian Shares Australian mining giant Northern Minerals says cybercriminals stole sensitive corporate secrets from its systems not long after the government forced several Chinese investors to divest their shares in the company.

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Q&A: Crypto jackers redirect illicit mining ops to bigger targets — company servers

The Last Watchdog

Illicit crypto mining is advancing apace. It began when threat actors began stealthily embedding crypto mining functionality into the web browsers of unwitting individuals. Related article: Illicit crypto mining hits cloud services. It was easy to see this coming. Cryptojacking was born.

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Monetizing Analytics Features: Why Data Visualizations Will Never Be Enough

Think your customers will pay more for data visualizations in your application? Five years ago they may have. But today, dashboards and visualizations have become table stakes. Discover which features will differentiate your application and maximize the ROI of your embedded analytics. Brought to you by Logi Analytics.

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500M Avira Antivirus Users Introduced to Cryptomining

Krebs on Security

Many readers were surprised to learn recently that the popular Norton 360 antivirus suite now ships with a program which lets customers make money mining virtual currency. For example, it doesn’t specify how much NortonLifeLock gets out of the deal (NortonLifeLock keeps 15 percent of any cryptocurrency mined by Norton Crypto).

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Norton 360 Now Comes With a Cryptominer

Krebs on Security

Norton 360 , one of the most popular antivirus products on the market today, has installed a cryptocurrency mining program on its customers’ computers. According to the FAQ posted on its site , “ Norton Crypto ” will mine Ethereum (ETH) cryptocurrency while the customer’s computer is idle.

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