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North Korea Could Be Secretly Mining Cryptocurrency On Your Computer (qz.com)
An anonymous reader shares a report: North Korea has a cryptocurrency infatuation. Its government has been accused of unleashing a global ransomware attack to raise bitcoin, mining the cryptocurrency within its borders, and hacking South Korean bitcoin exchanges. Now, research firm Recorded Future says there's a strong chance Kim Jong-un's regime is experimenting with malware that secretly mines currency using other people's computers. Malware crypto-mining is a new global trend among hackers, says a new report from Recorded Future, which monitors discussions among "the criminal underground" on the so-called dark web. Starting this year, hackers seem to be shifting away from high-intensity, widespread ransomware attacks, towards "long-term, low velocity" crypto-mining in the background. Recorded Future has not detected specific instances of North Korean malware mining, but believes that the regime has the knowhow, motive, and interest in cryptocurrencies to execute similar attacks. "North Korean threat actors have prior experience in assembling and managing botnets, bitcoin mining, and cryptocurrency theft, as well as in custom altering publicly available malware; three elements that would be key to effectively creating and managing a network of covert cryptocurrency miners," Recorded Future's report reads.
you mean how American companies secretly mine bitcoin using javascript?
Enjoy your western propaganda FUD of the day
"Recorded Future has not detected specific instances of North Korean malware mining"
But we're still going to make up a sensationalist story about it so that maybe you can visit our page that does Coinhive you into generating some cryptocurrency.
Thanks M'Smash, you really suck!
I have a long-standing axiom that the more something is advertised to be true, the less likely it is to actually be true. Oft-repeated superlative phrases like "fastest network", "number one in service", "widest selection", etc. can generally be taken as slowest, worst, and limited respectively.
If you feel like you're being manipulated, it's because you are. This is particularly true when you see sudden ramp-up in coverage about a story, nation, or technology where previously there had been none. A single story is one thing, but one followed by a break of a few months and then two more with shorter breaks between, then suddenly one every 2-3 weeks on the same subject sets off my BS meter.
I'm sorry, but your opinion seems to be wrong.
Any /. article whose subject includes "could be" or similar wording is speculation, not news.
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Almost anything "could" happen.
TFS says there's "a strong chance" that NK is doing something, but presents no evidence.
From TFA: "Recorded Future has not detected specific instances of North Korean malware mining"
Articles such as this are tabloid-worthy, and IMO reduce the overall quality of
Enjoy your day.
Recorded Future has not detected specific instances of North Korean malware mining, but believes that the regime has the knowhow, motive, and interest in cryptocurrencies to execute similar attacks.
So in other words - you have exactly nothing to say, but spent an entire article saying it.
Weaselmancer
rediculous.
As an American, I also blame our own government. However to deny the actions of Russia and N. Korea simply because you don't like the US... that's incredibly naive.
I have family in Japan - there are legitimate concerns about missiles flying over their country. They have enough to worry about with earthquakes, volcanoes, typhoons, nuclear plant meltdown.. missiles from N. Korea is a bit over the top.
Russia - they invaded Ukraine and still occupy part of it. They are just as active covertly in the affairs of every government as the US is. To them, it must be funny watching a significant portion of Americans deny reality because "their guy" won the election.
Now I don't believe their meddling in the election had a big impact.. Hillary just isn't a likable person. Did it sway some votes... probably.. was it enough to change the outcome? Highly unlikely. Hillary still got more votes, just not in the places she needed them.
"Action without philosophy is a lethal weapon; philosophy without action is worthless."
Will fear-mongering warhawks trying to scare the public against the "red" threat succeed in getting Bitcoin banned? Or will Wall Street crony-captalists eager to scam as much money out of digital currency as possible prevail?
Could this be the end of Bitcoin?!?! Will a nuclear-powered DPRK succeed in harvesting every last drop of your spare processor power??!? Will Wall Street bilch billions from Americans before driving Bitcoin into the ground?
I can make sensationalist headlines too.