Warning to businesses over ‘virtually unbeatable’ crypto mining virus
CYBERSECURITY chiefs are warning businesses with computer networks to arm themselves against an almost unbeatable malware bot that uses infected computers to mine for cryptocurrency. The powerful “Smominru” virus compromises hardware and scrapes out user credentials before installing Trojan malware that could then spread across the entire network. Daily Express :: Finance Feed
Nuclear power plant staff ‘risked state secrets by mining Bitcoin’
STAFF at a Ukrainian nuclear power plant were arrested after allegedly using equipment to mine cryptocurrency – risking sensitive state secrets. Court documents seen by Ukrainian media outlet InternetUA state the unauthorised use of computer equipment connected to the internet could have exposed top-secret intel about the security of the plant. Daily Express :: Finance […]
South African mining disaster: 4,000 miners trapped as exit blocked at Sibanye Stillwater
UP to 4,000 workers are trapped underground after a mine collapsed in South Africa, its rubble blocking the exit. Daily Express :: World Feed
Google Chrome BLOCK will see cryptocurrency mining apps BANNED
GOOGLE CHROME will block a slew of cryptocurrency mining apps in the coming months, the US search firm has announced. Daily Express :: Tech Feed
Bitcoin mining to move to ICELAND as new cryptocurrency hotbed emerges
BITCOIN mining is booming in Iceland due to the country’s abundance of geothermal and hydroelectric power plants. Daily Express :: Finance Feed
Bitcoin mining SHOCK: GPU shortage is hindering search for ALIEN LIFE
BITCOIN mining is taking a heavy toll on the teams of dedicated scientists scanning the universe for signs of intelligent life. Leading UFO hunters have now blasted the crypto craze as it has led to a severe shortage in available GPU cards. Daily Express :: Finance Feed
Cryptocurrency HACKERS use YOUTUBE to target computers for bitcoin and ripple mining
HACKERS have been targeting users of YouTube to mine cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin by attacking computers through the video platform’s advertising service, it has been reported. Daily Express :: Finance Feed
End for Bitcoin? ‘Three-quarters of WORLDS’ mining to suffer MAJOR regulation clamp down
CHINA is preparing a major clamp-down on the country’s bitcoin mining amid fears of colossal energy use and financial risk, it has been revealed. Daily Express :: Finance Feed
MAN OF STEEL: Trump’s advisor Wilbur Ross predicts MINING SURGE amid North Korea war fears
DONALD Trump’s commerce secretary Wilbur Ross has signalled that metal production is set to increase ‘rapidly’ in the US as the President shores up his military amid war fears with North Korea. Daily Express :: Finance Feed
City news: ASDA, Mining, Intercontinental Hotels and Wood Group
ASDA has posted its tenth straight quarter of falling underlying sales as it continues to lag behind its big-four rivals. Daily Express :: Finance Feed