miners

Just a few hours before 2025, we recorded a surge in cryptominer distribution through video games. Interestingly, not only home PCs but also corporate machines were affected.

Malicious versions of the free-to-download game Super Mario 3: Mario Forever plant a miner and a stealer on gamers’ machines.

Miners still pose a threat to businesses — especially ones that use cloud infrastructure.

In 2022, cryptocurrency prices fell sharply, but malicious miners are more active than ever.

Npm package UAParser.js, installed on tens of millions of computers worldwide, has been infected with a password stealer and a miner. Here’s what to do.

Despite the plunge in cryptocurrency values, not only has cryptojacking not declined, it is growing rapidly.

In this part, we consider mobile malware capable of causing real damage to smartphone and tablet users.

In this edition of the podcast, Jeff and Dave discuss a McDonald’s Monopoly whopper, banning miners, hacking by inmates, and more.

Fileless malware infects workstations and servers in corporate networks.

Cybercriminals have realized that infecting servers is much more profitable than mining on home users’ computers.

As we predicted at the end of 2017, malicious cryptomining is booming in 2018, up by 44%.

Hidden miners detected in soccer and VPN apps on Google Play — steer clear!

What miners and Web miners are, why you need to protect yourself, and how Kaspersky Lab products can assist

Next year is likely to see malware creators and distributors switch from ransomware to malicious Web miners.