Digital Currency May Be Produced on Your PC!
Various cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, Etherium, Riple and Monero are the focus of great attention all over the world due to their rising values.
Various cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, Etherium, Riple and Monero are the focus of great attention all over the world due to their rising values.
First Bitcoin to be Ethereum, ripple, monero Various cryptocurrencies such as are the focus of great attention all over the world due to their rising values. "Denoting the production of these coins"cryptocurrency mining" has become the most popular business line of the last period. However, a high amount of computer processing power is needed to produce these crypto currencies. Cyber hackers obtain this high processing power by running other people's systems.
According to the findings of the global antivirus brand ESET, the malware "CoinMiner", which helps 'steal' this processing power, became the malware that most infected computers globally in the first half of 2018, starting from the last months of 2017. CoinMiner performs cryptocurrency mining without the knowledge of the computer user.
In the February global threat report published by ESET, CoinMiner stood out as the most common cyber threat in the world, with a rate of 17.77 percent. According to ESET's June 2018 Threat Report, which is the last report of the first half of the year, CoinMiner's influence seems to have decreased slightly. But despite this, CoinMiner This time, it continues to be the first with a rate of 5.67 percent, and therefore the most common cyber threat globally.
How is it transmitted?
CoinMiner is transmitted via infected websites. This malware is especially common in applications that can be downloaded for free, or on web pages that broadcast free movies or matches. Often 'CoinhiveThe cryptocurrency called Monero can be mined by injecting the JavaScript code snippet called ' into web pages.
How should it be protected?
First of all, it is of great importance to make patches for the operating system and the software used and to follow the updates. ESET, also warns its users about such patches. However, all global antivirus brands have taken precautions against this malware. However cyber hackers Antivirus and internet security software that provides proactive updates should be preferred due to the possibility of this malware releasing different versions. Individual and corporate ESET users are protected against JS/CoinMiner and its other versions, such as Win32/CoinMiner and Win64/CoinMiner.
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