"AI Designed To Hunt Out Cryptocurrency Hackers"

Computer scientists at  Los Alamos National  Laboratory developed a new Artificial Intelligence (AI) system capable of identifying malicious code that hijacks supercomputers to perform cryptocurrency mining. Supercomputers are attractive targets for malicious cryptominers because of the need to perform energy-intensive computer calculations to mine for cryptocurrency. The AI system is designed to catch cryptocurrency hackers by comparing programs using graphs, with each graph representing a program. The system compares the contours in a program's flow-control graph to a catalog of graphs for programs that are supposed to be running on the supercomputer. Recent supercomputer hacks across Europe have emphasized the need to develop software that can help prevent cryptominers from hacking into high-performance computing facilities and stealing computing resources. This article continues to discuss the AI system designed to identify the abuse of supercomputers for cryptomining. 

LANL reports "AI Designed To Hunt Out Cryptocurrency Hackers"