Bitcoin again at gunpoint cyberhawks

Attackers has encrypted malicious code into the register link that leads to sites with content "for adults".

According to the office of CNN, in the register of the electronic payment system Bitcoin, where all transactions are carried out successfully, you can encrypt any message. Including the malicious link.

The fact that the attackers encrypted malicious code into the register link that leads to sites with content "for adults", it was revealed last week. Their peculiarity is that the links were hidden in hexadecimal code. Thus, their detection is possible only with a targeted time searching.

Bitcoin-exchange Mt. Gox has again become the victim of DDoS-attacks

E-currency exchange was not available for the users most of the day in April 11

Bitcoin-exchange Mt. Gox once again faced with a large-scale DDoS-attack, which began less than two hours after the resumption of the performance of service after the previous failure. April 11, the site was not available for Exchange users most of the day.

"We are faced with very large-scale DDoS-attack" - said representatives of Mt. Gox into account exchanges in Google +.

Mt. Gox halted trading on April 11 after the price of the first electronic currency fell by 61% and then increased by 37%. Recall that in the last four weeks Bitcoin price has risen to $ 266, and yesterday it was only $ 145.

Zeroaccess Botnet used to mining the virtual currency Bitcoin

On the Internet is detected ZeroAccess botnet to steal Bitcoin

Cybercriminals could steal millions of dollars through a new botnet ZeroAccess, specializing in stealing virtual online currency Bitcoin. Provider of network security Fortinet notes that ZeroAccess botnet uses a number of techniques, such as "click hijacking" designed to steal virtual money.

In addition, the company's data says that the botnet has become one of the most dangerous in the financial sense for the entire first quarter of 2013. Additional risk attached to this botnet and external economic background, where the value of virtual money Bitcoin is breaking all records and for 1 Bitcoin give more than $ 200.

New Skype Trojan Uses Victims' Machines for Bitcoin mining

Kaspersky Lab informed immediately about the two major campaigns to disseminate new Trojans.

Expert Kaspersky Lab Dmitry Bestuzhev reported immediately to the two major campaigns to disseminate a new Skype Trojan. In the first case of infection of the victim system is part of a botnet, contacting C & C-server using IRC protocol.

Victims receive messages like: "Like my new picture", "The funny pictures", "I like your picture", "Should I add this photo to Facebook?" Etc. It is further proposed to follow a link or http_://www.goo.gl/XXXXX?image=IMG0540250-JPG http://www.goo.gl/XXXXX?image=IMG0540250-JPG. The frequency of clicks on a malicious link was 10 thousand per hour (2.7 second). The largest number of victims recorded in Russia and Ukraine, among the victims were also people from China, Italy, Bulgaria and Taiwan.