Trend Micro Report Finds Criminals Unlikely to Abuse Namecoin

Namecoin’s domain-name system is an attractive environment for malicious users, but is not likely to gain widespread use among criminals, according to a research report from digital security firm Trend Micro.

Facebook Breaks Up Cryptocurrency Mining Botnet Lecpetex

Facebook has successfully dismantled a major bitcoin botnet operated by a small team of cyber criminals based in Greece.