Security researchers are concerned about the rise of cryptocurrency miners that are being embedded into websites and apps to use a device's resources without gaining permission. Security firm Trend ...

Using an iPad or iPhone to mine bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies would be hard to do, as the CPU power available to complete the task would be a drop in the bucket compared to what’s needed. But ...

New Jersey-based cryptocurrency mining startup Honeyminer has made its mining app available on the Apple Macintosh operating system, the firm announced in a blog post on May 9. The Honeyminer app runs ...

Researchers have found two popular apps in Google Play that surreptitiously mine several cryptocurrencies for their makers, potentially over-heating devices and shortening their lifespan. It's not so ...

Be it legitimately or covertly, it seems that cryptomining is becoming a popular method of making money. We've already seen miners used in websites such as the Pirate Bay and in malicious apps that ...