Cyber Threat Alliance said that illegal cryptocurrency mining had increased 459% this year compared to 2018. The report, published on Wednesday, touches upon detected cases only. What’s more interesting is that hackers are using a software flaw allegedly leaked from the National Security Agency (NSA) of the US government. The tool helps them generate Monero, Bitcoin and other coins.
The increase in illicit crypto mining cases is related to the leak of Eternal Blue, a tool that gives exposure to vulnerabilities in older Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) programs. When the tool was leaked in 2017, hackers found a new ...
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