Security News > 2017 > September > Hackers Exploiting Microsoft Servers to Mine Monero - Makes $63,000 In 3 Months
2017-09-28 09:33
Mining cryptocurrencies can be a costly investment as it takes a monstrous amount of computing power, and thus hackers have started using malware that steals computing resources of computers it hijacks to make lots of dollars in digital currency. Security researchers at security firm ESET have spotted one such malware that infected hundreds of Windows web servers with a malicious
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