Not just a miner, the malware also sets up a hidden default account with system administrator privileges, to be used for re-infection and further attacks. The ShadowBrokers’ release of a trove of ...

Malware that mines cryptocurrency has made a comeback over the summer, with an increased number of campaigns being discovered and documented by cyber-security firms. The primary reason for this sudden ...

Monero's lack of programmable scripts prevents it from scaling in layers and reaching mass adoption. The absence of ASIC resistance in Bitcoin doesn't hinder its decentralization, as miners seek out ...

At least 5% of all the Monero cryptocurrency currently in circulation has been mined using malware, and about 2% of the total daily hashrate comes from devices infected with cryptocurrency-mining ...

Monero is a well-designed privacy coin with features that give it some important advantages over Bitcoin. These advantages include privacy, better fungibility, ASIC resistance, dynamic block size, a ...

Monero (XMR) is one of the most popular privacy-focused cryptocurrencies, attracting miners who value anonymity and security. Mining Monero can be quite rewarding, but for many miners, solo mining is ...

Cryptocurrency Monero announced on Tuesday it has partnered with Arweave to validate the new cryptocurrency proof-of-work algorithm, RandomX. According to Monero, RandomX promotes fair cryptocurrency ...

One hard fork later, there are four new Monero projects. Privacy-centric cryptocurrency Monero hard forked to version 12 of its protocol yesterday. But not everyone ...