Air Gapped PCs are Still at Risk. The Rise of USB-based Crytojacking Malware

Africa is the most vulnerable region in the world when it comes to crytojacking via USB malware. Cryptojacking is a new type of malware infection with the goal of mining cryptocurrency for its authors, with the use of the infected PCs resources such as CPU and GPU cycles. USB flash drives are the best-known bridge of non-networked PCs, popular in the emerging markets that have less PC penetration in decades compared to the first world countries. Air Gapped PCs are still at risk.”]

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