1002, 2016
Bitcoin stealing malware evolves again
There are three traditional ways for malware and viruses to generate bictoins for their creators. Direct theft of private keys from bitcoin wallets, parasitic bots that mine bitcoin with stolen processing power, and Ransomware that encrypts files and demands a bitcoin payment to restore access.
1304, 2015
Kaspersky Defeats Bitcoin Ransomware
Kaspersky releases Noransomwear, a tool that decrypts files that have fallen victim to the CoinVault encrypter. In 2014 Kaspersky Lab recorded more than 7 million attacks with the use of encrypters.
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