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Title: Researchers Found the Biggest Botnet Dedicated to Hidden Monero Mining
Post by: HCK on June 06, 2023, 04:05:16 pm
Researchers Found the Biggest Botnet Dedicated to Hidden Monero Mining

As the phenomenon of furtive cryptocurrency mining splashed onto the scene and took the world by storm, computer botnets underwent an apropos evolution. Rather than bolster spam campaigns spreading ransomware, they are now leveraged to combine numerous zombified machines into a huge Monero mining pool.
Source: Researchers Found the Biggest Botnet Dedicated to Hidden Monero Mining (https://macsecurity.net/view/175-researchers-found-the-biggest-botnet-dedicated-to-hidden-monero-mining)