Avast Exposes the Risks of Crypto-Mining to Unaware Users

[kreslik.news]

During RSA 2018, Avast, the leading global company the products of digital security, will perform an experiment that demonstrates the vulnerabilities in IoT and handheld devices through a live demonstration of mining of the cryptocurrency Monero. The experiment will highlight to those attending the RSA conference the pitfalls malicious crypto-mining poses when Internet of Things (IoT) devices are hacked for this use. Avast research found two in five people were not aware there are malware and infected websites mining cryptocurrencies. The study put forward by Avast in March 2018 with over 2,300 computer users ... (read more)