Author: Boris
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Russian GTA V modder caught illegally mining Monero
Each day, we become witnesses to the increasing popularity of the Monero cryptocurrency and the rising number of malware developers who seek to make quick money by forcing the PCs of regular users to mine Monero for their profit. The idea is simple, a script is added to the code of an application, a website…
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Necurs Malware Receives an Update
The security software company Symantec recently reported that a well-known malware virus known under the name of Necurs or the Necurs downloader. So far, this particular piece of malware and the botnet that it creates have been regarded as relatively insignificant, yet the new changes and improvements that Symantec reported could potentially boost the levels…
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Google Chrome Security Improvements
Browser security is currently more important than it has ever been with a constantly increasing number of shady applications and extensions that seek to exploit browser vulnerabilities. Every week more and more Browser Hijacker and Adware programs pop-up that try to change the default page of your browser, add a new toolbar, replace your starting…
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Privacy violation by Windows 10 telemetry
Collection of personal data It is widely-known that many software developers tend to collect data from their users. In the rapidly evolving world of technology, information is an expensive currency and everybody tries to get their hands on as much data as possible. Logically, this has lead to the introduction of a variety of methods…
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Refresh/Reset Windows – Windows 7, 8 and 10 Guide
Sometimes, nothing else works when troubleshooting a Windows problem so that you need to use either one of those two options. Note that the procedure is the same for Win 8 and 10 and a bit different with 7. Factory Reset on Windows 7 If you are a Win 7 user, then you don’t have…
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Windows Restore Points Guide
How to create restore points System Restore is a Windows feature that allows the user to roll back the configuration of their system to a previous state where everything worked fine. Normally, this is used when something goes wrong with your PC and you need to reset its settings to an earlier configuration where the…
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PirateBay once again mining Monero through CoinHive “Virus”
PirateBay once again mining Monero through CoinHive “Virus” About a month ago, PirateBay, the largest torrent site on the Internet, ran a test using the recently released a Monero mining JavaScript called CoinHive “Virus”. Monero is a cryptocurrency similar to the infamous Bitcoins which has recently become more popular due to the introduction of the…
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Crypto-Loot – a new cryptojacking service
Crypto-Loot We have already written a couple of articles concerning a recently developed scheme for mining the Monero Cryptocurrency known as cryptojacking. The concept of this scheme is as follows: a JavaScript code is added to a website, a web service or an app such as a browser extension, which code commands the PC that…
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Credit Card details are to be stored by browsers
Currently, the credit card details of must customers who purchase goods online are handled and stored by the platform which sells the item or service. Alternatively, a lot of transactions are handled by specialized web payment services such as PayPal or Amazon, for example. However, as of recent, a new W3C (World Wide Web Consortium)…
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Google Chrome Project for Blocking Tab-Under Redirects
Intrusive web-advertising is everywhere nowadays. It is pretty much mandatory to have an ad-blocker in order to be able to normally browser the Internet without getting interrupted every five minutes by some nagging and obstructive pop-up, redirect or banner. This is also the reason why more and more browsers start to include built-in ad-blocker tools…