An experimental AI agent in China didn't just color outside the lines—it allegedly slipped out of its training box and started mining crypto on the side. In a new research paper, an Alibaba-affiliated ...

A cryptomining botnet that has been active since 2019 has added a likely AI-generated ransomware to its operations. New analysis by FortiCNAPP team, part of FortiGuard Labs, has identified the first ...

A newly discovered threat actor named Vivin is raking in Monero from cryptomining malware, showing that this type of attack isn’t going away anytime soon. A recently uncovered threat actor, dubbed ...

Without a doubt, botnets focused on cryptocurrency mining operations have been one of the most active forms of malware infections in 2018. New botnets are appearing left and right if we are to believe ...

Security researchers analyzing a prolific botnet managed to accidentally kill it due to the coding equivalent of a typing error, according to Akamai. The cloud security firm detected the “KmsdBot” ...

A hybrid DDoS botnet known for turning vulnerable Windows devices into Monero cryptomining bots is now also scanning for and infecting Linux systems. While the botnet's authors named it Satan DDoS, ...

LemonDuck, a well-knowncryptomining botnet, is targeting Docker on Linux systems to coin digital money, CloudStrike reported Thursday. The company’s threat research team revealed in a blog written by ...