Monero

Startup Satoshis Games will develop an analogue of the Fortnite computer game with payment support in the Lightning Network – Lightnite. We are announcing our new game at @LNconf ⚡ Here is the medium article about Lightnite, our #Bitcoin integrated battle royale game ? You'll also find a trailer in the article: https://t.co/dgpzQYo7xn – Satoshi's Games ( @SatoshisGames) October 19, […]

Specialists at BlackBerry Cylance, an antivirus software developer, discovered the hidden Monero miner (XMR) in WAV audio files. When playing some files, music played without quality problems, others simply generated white noise. Analysis showed that the audio files contain code associated with the XMRig miner for mining XMR on the central processing unit (CPU). Another piece of malicious content includes […]

Palo Alto Networks cybersecurity experts discovered a worm that infected 2,000 Monero Covert Mining Software (XMR) machines. The malware is being spread through Docker container images from the Docker Hub. Docker is an application deployment system with containerization support. An application with all its surroundings can be packaged in a container that is easy and simple to manage: transfer to another […]

Bitcoin is still the preferred cryptocurrency for cybercriminals, Europol stated in the annual report “Assessing the threats of organized crime on the Internet” (IOCTA 2019). “Although we previously reported a slight shift towards more private cryptocurrencies such as Monero, bitcoin is still the currency of choice for both legal and criminal use,” the organization said. In previous IOCTA reports […]

OKEx Korea cryptocurrency exchange has suspended the process of withdrawing from the auction two coins with a focus on user privacy. In particular, ZCash and Dash will undergo additional study, reports CoinDesk with reference to the statement of the exchange. At the same time, the decision regarding Monero, Horizen and Super Bitcoin, about which OKEx Korea reported delisting in September, remains in force and […]

Bitcoin exchange operators, including Coinbase, Kraken, Circle and Bittrex, have developed a system to evaluate which cryptocurrencies are classified as securities under US law. According to the Wall Street Journal, the system will help exchanges decide which digital assets to list and which ones to not deal with so as not to violate the requirements of securities laws. Specially created Council […]