Reports have surfaced detailing a malware trojan that uses an NSA hacking tool to infect Windows computers with a cryptocurrency mining bug. The virus identifies available resources on a victim’s PC that can be used to initiate the mining of XMR (Monero).
The Trojan Was First Reported by Russian Antivirus Dr.Web
Recent Cryptocurrency-Oriented Viruses Have Adopted the NSA’s Doublepulsar Exploit
https://news.bitcoin.com/hackers-use-nsa-exploit-to-mine-monero-using-victims-computers/
before there were zombie computers for dDOS attacks. now zombie miners for mining cryptos. I guess income is better with zombie miners.
thank you for sharing.