Tag Archives: Crypto Miner

Microsoft Defender blocks crypto-jacking attempts

Posted on 2021-04-27 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has added functionality to its Microsoft Defender for Endpoint to detect and eliminate attacks from crypto miners on protected systems. This uses Intel Threat Detection technology on Intel Core processors and the Intel vPro platform.

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New Crypto Mining Apps in Google Play Store discovered

Posted on 2018-03-20 by guenni

[German]Avast security researchers have discovered two new crypto-mining apps in the Google Play Store that secretly mining Monero crypto currency on aa infected smartphone.

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