- Finances
- By Gabriela Vatu
- January 26th, 2017
Bitcoin Farmers in Venezuela Arrested over Electricity Theft
The four individuals had over 300 Antminer systems
- Finances
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- July 8th, 2016
Three Chinese Bitcoin Miners Caught Stealing Public Electricity
Third Bitcoin halving scheduled for tomorrow
- Digital Rights/Piracy
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- May 26th, 2016
Europol Arrests 30 Suspects of Online TV Piracy and Laundering Money via Bitcoin
Authorities seize 78.3 Bitcoin from crooks' mining center
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- July 9th, 2014
Facebook Helps Shut Down Crypto-Currency Mining Botnet
Greece is the most affected country, but the spread is worldwide
- Security Blog
- By Eduard Kovacs
- April 2nd, 2014
Cybercriminals Abuse Security Camera Recorders and Routers to Mine for Bitcoins
Experts highlight the fact that it's not a very efficient way to mine cryptocurrency
- Advisories
- By Eduard Kovacs
- March 7th, 2014
Fake Windows 8.1 Enterprise Activators Hide Adware, Bitcoin Miners
Take a look at how these bogus activators trick users into installing shady software
- Web Blog
- By Gabriela Vatu
- January 9th, 2014
Malware Affecting European Yahoo Visitors Was Mining Bitcoins
Millions of computers in Europe turned into Bitcoin mining tools
- Security
- By Filip Truta
- December 13th, 2013
Bitcoin Mining Hoax Targets Macs, Wipes Out Your Data
Rogue ad says Apple has a “Secret Bitcoin Mining Feature” embedded in OS X
- Security Blog
- By Eduard Kovacs
- December 10th, 2013
Fake Adobe Flash Player Hides Bitcoin Miner
The rogue application is hosted on a bogus Facebook site
- Incidents
- By Eduard Kovacs
- November 20th, 2013
ESEA Fined $1M / €0.74M for Secretly Installing Bitcoin Miner on Players’ Computers
The firm says it has settled the charges just so that it can resume focusing on business
- Security Blog
- By Eduard Kovacs
- September 25th, 2013
Cybercriminals Use Reveton Ransomware for Bitcoin Mining
Malwarebytes experts have come across an interesting variant of the malware
- Security Blog
- By Eduard Kovacs
- June 22nd, 2013
Experts Uncover Subscription-Based DIY Bitcoin Mining Tool
The service discovered by Webroot costs only $15 (€11) per month
- Security Blog
- By Eduard Kovacs
- December 18th, 2012
In 2013 We Should Expect to See Novel Approaches to Bitcoin Mining, Experts Say
Some interesting predictions for next year from Bitdefender
