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Old Malware Gives Criminals Tricky New Choice: Ransomware or Mining

2018-07-06 19:33

The Rakhni Trojan is now giving bad actors the ability to infect victims either with a ransomware cryptor or a miner.

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https://threatpost.com/old-malware-gives-criminals-tricky-new-choice-ransomware-or-mining/133738/

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