27 February 2014

Nearly 150 Strains of Malware Are After Your Bitcoins

Computer security firm Dell SecureWorks has managed to identify 146 types of bitcoin malware in the wild.


The company’s researchers found the distinct breeds of malware had been specifically designed to steal bitcoins – a number of them presenting quite a danger to owners with coins stored either online or on their computers.


The firm concluded that the number of Windows-compatible cryptocurrency stealing malware (CCSM) strains has gone up in line with bitcoin’s increase in value.


Continue reading at CoinDesk


February 27, 2014 at 03:42PM