Tag: Cryptocurrency-Mining Malware

  • YouTube Advertisement Is Infected by Cryptocurrency-Mining Malware

    by gulaiym

    The ads were geared to consume 80 percent of the victim's CPU time to "mine" the Monero cryptocurrency, but didn't otherwise harm computers or steal data. "Hey @avast_antivirus seems that you are blocking crypto miners (#coinhive) in @YouTube #ads Thank you :)" tweeted Italian web designer …

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