Add Decrypt as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Charles O. Parks III, aka “CP3O,” has been sentenced to just over a year in prison for a $3.5 million cryptojacking scheme.

Cryptojacking makes your devices mine cryptocurrency for hackers, consuming resources and risking privacy. To combat cryptojacking, disable JavaScript and use ad-blockers; install anti-malware and ...

Cryptomining has surged in popularity, driven by the growing value of cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum. With leaked credentials easier than ever to acquire, attackers are looking for ways to ...

Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a new cryptojacking campaign targeting the Docker Engine API with the goal of co-opting the instances to join a malicious Docker Swarm controlled by the threat ...

Researchers at Aqua Nautilus have uncovered a new malware that targets PostgreSQL servers to deploy cryptocurrency miners. The cybersecurity firm has identified over 800,000 servers that are ...

The Sysdig Threat Research Team (TRT) has uncovered a novel cloud-native cryptojacking operation which they’ve named AMBERSQUID. This operation leverages AWS services not commonly used by attackers, ...

The Scarleteel threat targets AWS Fargate environments for data theft and more malicious types of attacks such as cryptojacking and DDoS. Learn how to mitigate this threat. Sysdig, a cloud and ...

The main focus of Diicot’s attacks appears to support cryptojacking efforts but the group is also employing botnets and brute-force tactics for other purposes. A cybercriminal group calling itself ...

Learn how this cryptocurrency campaign operates and its scope. Then, get tips on protecting vulnerable Kubernetes instances from this cybersecurity threat. The cybersecurity company CrowdStrike has ...

The cryptojacking group known as TeamTNT is suspected to be behind a previously undiscovered strain of malware used to mine Monero cryptocurrency on compromised systems. Specifically, the early phase ...