"In Just 24 Hours, 5,000 Android Devices Are Conscripted into Mining Botnet"

A new botnet has been recently discovered by security researchers at Netlab to have already infected more than 5,000 Android devices with worm-like malware. The malware behind the botnet causes the infected devices to mine Monero cryptocurrency. This article further discusses the discovery, speed, and capabilities of the malware driving the botnet.