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Data centres beware: New report predicts imminent attacks
Hyperscale

Data centres beware: New report predicts imminent attacks

Cryptomining is increasingly outdoing ransomware in popularity but cybercriminals are running out of CPU, painting data centres as prime targets.

By Ashton Young • 4 min read • Mon, 26th Mar 2018
Not a Bitcoin owner? You're still fair game for a cryptomining attack
Crypto

Not a Bitcoin owner? You're still fair game for a cryptomining attack

Check Point has released a 'cryptomining 101' document that details how cybercriminals hack into devices to steal their CPU power for illicit mining.

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Wed, 21st Mar 2018
Cryptomining malware affected 42% organisations worldwide in Feb
Malware

Cryptomining malware affected 42% organisations worldwide in Feb

This persistent threat not only continues to chip away at enterprise CPU power, but once inside a network can carry out other malicious acts.

By Ashton Young • 2 min read • Tue, 20th Mar 2018
Cryptomining malware a genuine threat to organizations, NTT Security says
Malware

Cryptomining malware a genuine threat to organizations, NTT Security says

There are more than 12,000 Monero mining malware samples 66% of which were submitted between November and December 2017.

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Mon, 12th Mar 2018
Hydro66 boosts data centre expansion plans with Canadian investment
Hyperscale

Hydro66 boosts data centre expansion plans with Canadian investment

The Swedish colocation data centre company says it will be using the investment from the Canadian crypto mining company to aid its build out to 40 MW.

By Ashton Young • 2 min read • Fri, 2nd Mar 2018

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