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Bitcoin-Stealing Malware Targets Fortnite Gamers

October 4, 2018 by CryptoCoinsNews

The release of season six for the popular Fortnite video game has inspired the development of bitcoin-stealing malware disguised as game cheating tools. Malwarebytes Labs has discovered malware disguised as cheat tools that can steal data and bitcoin f…

Monero Mining Malware Hits Apple Macs

May 25, 2018 by CryptoCoinsNews

A new Mac-based cryptojacking attack was reported this past week on Apple’s forums, forcing users to unwittingly run software that mines privacy coin monero. According to a Malwarebytes Labs blog post, the software was discovered when a user noticed th…