Topic: [2014-06-23] Bitcoin News in Review: Dogecoin Botnet, Bitcoin Documentary, Veric (Read 1876 times)
June 23, 2014, 02:33:10 AM
Talk about one impressive yet scary mess. I guess ultimately these things are good because they give good incentive to these manufacturers to either fix the problems immediately or face the music.
June 22, 2014, 10:04:31 PM
http://www.cryptocoinsnews.com/news/bitcoin-news-review-dogecoin-botnet-bitcoin-documentary-vericoin/2014/06/23
Network-attached storage (NAS) devices aren’t designed to be powerhouses, but rather barebones computers with smartphone-grade CPUs. As the name suggests, NAS devices act as servers, and as such, these devices are terrible for mining cryptocurrency. However, with a large enough number of devices mining simultaneously, it’s still possible to make a profit, and that’s just what one hacker did. Known only as “folio,” the hacker hijacked hundreds and hundreds of Synology devices to create a Dogecoin-mining botnet, earning him/her a whopping 500 million DOGE (~$200,000 USD). Affected users can visit the Synology forums for discussion and instructions on how to remove the rogue process.
Network-attached storage (NAS) devices aren’t designed to be powerhouses, but rather barebones computers with smartphone-grade CPUs. As the name suggests, NAS devices act as servers, and as such, these devices are terrible for mining cryptocurrency. However, with a large enough number of devices mining simultaneously, it’s still possible to make a profit, and that’s just what one hacker did. Known only as “folio,” the hacker hijacked hundreds and hundreds of Synology devices to create a Dogecoin-mining botnet, earning him/her a whopping 500 million DOGE (~$200,000 USD). Affected users can visit the Synology forums for discussion and instructions on how to remove the rogue process.
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