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Mirai Botnet Starts Mining for Bitcoins In New Twist
Top Tech News Is Verizon planning to spy on its customers? You might conclude that it is after reading Verizon's privacy policy on an upcoming AppFlash service, which promises easier access to search and apps on Android phones. The policy says Verizon may share data … |
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Mirai Botnet Starts Mining for Bitcoins
Top Tech News Is Verizon planning to spy on its customers? You might conclude that it is after reading Verizon's privacy policy on an upcoming AppFlash service, which promises easier access to search and apps on Android phones. The policy says Verizon may share data … |
Jason Koebler at Motherboard has done the worlds of reading, writing and recycling a massive favor by clarifying – debunking, in many cases – a run-amok story from earlier this week that created the erroneous impression that Apple was profiting handsomely from the mining of millions of dollars worth of gold from old iGadgets.
Koebler’s piece begins:
You may have seen a viral headline floating around over the last few days: Apple recycled $ 40 million worth of gold last year, which was extracted from iPhones. Almost none of what was reported is true.
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KageCoin Malware Shows Up in Google Play, Ready to Hijack Phones for Mining
Infosecurity Magazine A new Android malware family, KageCoin, was recently detected and found to have cryptocurrency mining capabilities. The bug essentially hijacks smartphones and uses them to mine for various digital currencies, including Bitcoin, Litecoin and Dogecoin. |