The one-tap miner now supports ethereum, zcash, grin, and monero alongside BTC.
New Monero Botnet Looks Like Last Year’s Outlaw Attack
A rogue botnet uses a brute force attack and Secure Shell (SSH) exploit to give the attackers remote access to victim’s systems in order to mine Monero.
Inside Monero’s ‘Last Ditch Effort’ to Block Crypto Mining ASICs
The Monero community is making one last attempt to block specialized mining hardware devices from the network.
Desktop Crypto Mining App HoneyMiner Comes to MacOS
HoneyMiner, the desktop-based crypto miner, now works on MacOS.
Desktop Crypto Mining App HoneyMiner Comes to MacOS
HoneyMiner, the desktop-based crypto miner, now works on MacOS.
New Crypto-Mining Malware Targeting Asian Firms With NSA Tools
A new form of malware discovered by Symantec is targeting enterprises using leaked NSA tools to infect networks and mine monero.
Privacy Crypto Monero Celebrates Its 5th Birthday
The privacy coin Monero celebrated yesterday five years of existence.
8 Illicit Crypto-Mining Windows Apps Removed From Microsoft Store
Eight apps have been removed from Microsoft’s app store after Symantec found they could illicitly mine cryptocurrency.
New Malware Targets Apple Mac Computers to Steal and Mine Cryptos
A recently discovered form of malware steals browser cookies and other information on Apple Mac computers to steal cryptocurrencies.
This Malware Has a Worrying Trick to Mine Monero on Cloud Servers
In an apparent first, a relatively new form of malware uninstalls security programs to avoid detection and mine crypto on cloud servers.
Crypto Mining Malware Has Netted Nearly 5% of all Monero, Says Research
Hackers have mined at least 4.32 percent of the total monero in circulation, worth nearly $40 million today, according to new research.
Saying Goodbye to the Blockchain Romantics
Decentralization may sound like a sexy concept, but realism may be a better real-deal solution, argues Elly Zhang.
US Government Is Interested in Tracking Privacy Coins, New Document Shows
A pre-solicitation published by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security asks about conducting forensic analysis on privacy coins like zcash and monero.
A Decentralized Bitcoin Exchange That’s Almost Decentralized
Bisq is launching a bitcoin-based token to pay code contributors and a DAO to manage payouts, all in service of further decentralizing the exchange.
Monero Fees Fall to Almost Zero After ‘Bulletproofs’ Upgrade
Monero’s “bulletproofs” hard fork has led to a major reduction in transaction fees.
Monero to Become First Billion-Dollar Crypto to Implement ‘Bulletproofs’ Tech
A highly anticipated technology designed to make blockchain privacy features more scalable will be tested on Monero soon.
One Musician’s Creative Solution to Drive ASICs Off Monero
Howard Chu, a monero core dev and musician, has created an algorithm that he thinks will keep ASICS at bay on the privacy-oriented cryptocurrency.
Attacker Installs Crypto Mining Malware on Over 170,000 Devices
Coinhive was installed on more than 170,000 devices in Brazil last month.
A Small Crypto Coin Is Making Big Claims About a Private Proof-of-Stake
Even though it’s yet to gain much notoriety, token project Spectre is innovating in a trending area – private staking for proof-of-stake blockchains.
Monero-Style Privacy Is Ready for Ethereum – Who Will Implement It?
A new white paper contends that monero-style privacy can be implemented on ethereum without much work.