7 Cryptominers & Cryptomining Botnets You Can't Ignore

itman · Feb 26, 2018

Cryptominers have emerged as a major threat to organizations worldwide. Here are seven you cannot afford to ignore.

One tactic has been to install miners for popular cryptocurrencies—especially Monero—on host systems and add them to massive cryptomining botnets. Another common tactic has been to embed mining tools in websites and secretly use the computing resources of visitors to these sites to mine for Monero and other digital currencies. Research released by Imperva Tuesday also reported that 88% of all remote code execution attacks in December 2017 drove targets to cryptomining malware download sites.
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https://www.darkreading.com/attacks...mining-botnets-you-cant-ignore/d/d-id/1331099

Minimalist · Mar 4, 2018

Top Cyberthreat Of 2018: Illicit Cryptomining

Ransomware is oh, so 2017. Today, all the smart hackers have turned to illicit cryptomining to fill their coffers.

Due to a combination of a leaked NSA hack, a cryptocurrency more anonymous than Bitcoin, and benign cryptocurrency transaction processing (aka ‘mining’) software that requires no command and control link back to the attacker, we now have the perfect combination of easy money, slim chance of detection, and billions of unsuspecting targets that may not even care they’ve been hacked.

Criminals around the world are rejoicing, still incredulous at how easy it is to make money while they sleep.
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonbloomberg/2018/03/04/top-cyberthreat-of-2018-illicit-cryptomining

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