Monero rolls out enhanced privacy features via hard fork

[Monero introduces enhanced privacy features through hard fork] Jinse Finance reported that the privacy coin Monero completed a hard fork over the weekend, introducing new privacy and security features. The uncontested hard fork completed at block 2,688,888 was first announced by developers in April of this year. Originally planned for July, it was pushed back to August 13.

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People Attempting to Download Bootleg Spider-Man Movies Are Exposing to Monero Mining Malware: Pirates trying to download illegal copies of the latest Spider-Man movie are exposing their computers to crypto-mining malware, Golden Finance reports. According to researchers at cybersecurity firm ReasonLabs, copies of "Spider-Man: Nowhere to Go" that are being circulated have been packaged with malware that would allow users' computers to be used to mine the "privacy coin" Monero currency. [2021/12/25 8:02:47]

Voice | Smart contract pioneer Nick Szabo talks about Monero: I think it has better privacy than BTC: Today, smart contract pioneer Nick Szabo (Nick Szabo) answered on Twitter when he was asked what he thought of Monero Said: I think it has better privacy than BTC, and I encourage people to use it. [2019/7/21]

Hackers use cryptocurrency malware vulnerabilities to affect Linux servers for Monero mining: According to the US cybersecurity company Trend Micro, in the past five years, hackers have used encryption currency malware vulnerabilities to affect Linux servers for Monero mining, involving 320 cases Monero, about $68,000. [2018/3/27]