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 (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 ...

New academic research has discovered that embedded cryptocurrecy miner CoinHive is generating $250,000 worth of Monero every month – most of it going to just 10 individuals. The research, released by ...

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 ...

Illicit Monero-mining malware accounts for more than 4 percent of the XMR in circulation, and has created $57 million in profits for the bad guys. An academic analysis of cryptomining malware has ...