Good Bitcoin mining software
The Ransomware family ‘Reveton’ has been a thorn in the sides of many for over two years. It has employed a dynamic approach by tailoring the malware to specific countries and frequently changing infection methods.
Nevertheless, one thing that remains constant in Reveton is its ability to instill fear in users by accusing them of various illegal activities, and demanding payment for absolution. To this end, Reveton has once again reinvented itself, this time with a contingency plan just in case the user doesn’t pay up.
Now, while Reveton has been on a roller coaster as far as how much they demand from users, they seem to try and maximize on their potential target, rather than how much they think their target will pay.
Sometimes you would see Ransomware that asks for thousands of dollars from small businesses, and other times you will see only $100, a low number that some people might consider paying.
This new version of Reveton takes it a step further and regardless of how much users are willing to pay, or not pay, the bad guys are still getting a profit.
We have talked before about malware that employs the use of Bitcoin mining software, installed without the users knowledge. Bitcoin harvesting is completely fine when users want to make some extra virtual cash by letting the BitCoin service use their personal system to crunch numbers.
The situation changes when something like Ransomware locks out your system and then runs the Bitcoin Miner, making cash for the attacker, regardless if the user pays to unlock their system.
The Reveton sample that I got my hands on tried some pretty sneaky methods of obfuscation and separation of powers, almost like it was written by different people, and it probably was. In the end though, this is what the malware does upon execution:
Source: blog.malwarebytes.org
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Sep 29, 2013 by Mustark | Posted in Words & Wordplay
Can someone explain what a bitcoin is are how I get them.
I understand they are a decentralised currency but thats all I understand so far.
I have no idea how to get any.
Put "Bitcoins" into your search box and you will get all the information you need.
Jun 12, 2013 by Matthias | Posted in Other - Hardware
So there's a lot of potential in an ASIC computer for bitcoin mining. So I was just wondering while these machines are the best in calculating hardcore math, It would be awesome to put this machine to work in calculating physX. Does anyone know if this would be possible with 3th party software?
No. The physX would have to be ported to the asic, which i doubt nvidia plans on doing anytime soon
May 22, 2013 by V resurrected | Posted in Software
*anyone knows?
I hate bitcoins as i previously expressed on YA. why would anyone invest in a currency that no one is backing, it's like a bubble, it keeps expanding and... plus, it takes a lot of time to make something.
T …the software, it's about the hardware, get the best vga that you can find, join a mining pool, google is your friend, i'm kinda busy now, you'll figure it out, it's not about the software again
bitcoin.org/