Malware that mines cryptocurrency has made a comeback over the summer, with an increased number of campaigns being discovered and documented by cyber-security firms. The primary reason for this sudden ...
Not just a miner, the malware also sets up a hidden default account with system administrator privileges, to be used for re-infection and further attacks. The ShadowBrokers’ release of a trove of ...
At least 5% of all the Monero cryptocurrency currently in circulation has been mined using malware, and about 2% of the total daily hashrate comes from devices infected with cryptocurrency-mining ...