Android Monero-Mining Malware Can Cause Device Failure

guest · Mar 28, 2018

Android Monero-Mining Malware Can Cause Device Failure
March 28, 2018
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/ne...nero-mining-malware-can-cause-device-failure/

Trend Micro security experts have warned users today about a new type of Android malware that infects devices and untetheredly mines Monero in the phone's background until the battery is exhausted or the device gives out.

Called HiddenMiner, this malware has been spotted inside apps distributed via third-party stores. Researchers say that most of the infected users are based either in China or India.

Experts say they've tracked the malware's operations back to a mining pool where crooks made 26 XMR (around $5,400).
But this isn't HiddenMiner's only malicious feature. The trojan also locks the user's device whenever it detects an attempt to remote its administrator account on Android 6.0 devices and earlier.
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