“Miners on the Rise”

Miners are one of the classes of malware that have increasingly been encountered by users recently. Malicious threat actors could collect cryptocurrency by deceiving unsuspecting users into installing mining software on their computer systems. Threat actors could also exploit vulnerabilities within the mining software to receive cryptocurrency. This article further discusses recent detections and observations pertaining to the propagation, operation, and impacts of concealed cryptocurrency mining.

Securelist reports “Miners on the Rise”

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