Report: Cryptojacking Drives 88% Of Remote Code Execution Attacks

[Lucian Armasu]

Imperva report showed that attackers that use remote code execution vulnerabilities have switched from enrolling PCs and servers into botnets to installing malicious cryptomining clients on them in order to generate revenue.

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[Christopher1]

Cryptojacking is something that is never going to go away. I am pro-Bitcoin because it allows people to be anonymous in what they buy (especially when some 'moral guardian' would get flustered by what they buy).

 

[R_1]

"bitcoin is not anonymous"
https://bitcoin.org/en/you-need-to-know
halfway down the page.

why do we ascribe value to useless things?
HUMANS NEVER LEARN, but it is fun to watch.
bitcoin and other crypto currencies are massive power wasters. Now its the reason every website is hijacking my PC.

 

[Christopher1]

"bitcoin is not anonymous"
https://bitcoin.org/en/you-need-to-know
halfway down the page.

why do we ascribe value to useless things?
HUMANS NEVER LEARN, but it is fun to watch.
bitcoin and other crypto currencies are massive power wasters. Now its the reason every website is hijacking my PC.

Bitcoin is about as anonymous as you can get today. If it was NOT then the feds would NOT be freaking out about it and saying "It could be used by them gosh-durned terr'rists!"
Yes, in the real world if you do things like:
1. Use a credit card bought in a store with cash.
2. Keep the bitcoins you buy segregated by only buying with anonymous methods (i.e. anonymous credit card).

Yep, bitcoin is anonymous and you do not have to worry about the government tracking your transactions.

 

[Zaporro]

Cryptocurrencies, the cancer of XXI

Hopefully it will all go to the gutter sooner or later. Power waster, scams, ransomware powered by crypto, cryptojacking and general douchebagery and abuses related to it (stealing power, mining on public computers, mining on websites). There is nothing good from cryptocurrencies (not blockchain technology but the cryptocurrencies and this perverted pseudo stock market).

 

[coolitic]

Bitcoin is anonymous if you have half a brain, but it most certainly isn't inherently so. Anyways, the Lightning Network will largely fix scaling and power consumption issues.