Crypto-Jacking Scheme Discovered in Brazil Could Spread Worldwide

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Crypto-Jacking Scheme Discovered in Brazil Could Spread Worldwide

Postby kreslik.news » Sat Aug 04, 2018 1:34 pm


Tens of thousands of internet routers across Brazil have been programmed to mine Monero for crypto-jackers, according to a Chicago-based IT security company called Trustwave.

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Simon Kenin, a security researcher at the company, noticed at the end of July that MikroTik-brand internet routers in Brazil were showing a big surge in use of a programme called Coinhive.

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Coinhive is software which allows a user to mine a cryptocurrency called Monero. It can be integrated into a website, and has legitimate uses – for example, for charity websites to raise money – but it ... (read more)

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