Cybercriminals are stealing computing power to mine for cryptocurrency such as monero. In about a day, a consumer PC can generate about a 25 cents worth of monero, a privacy-focused cryptocurrency that has become one of bitcoin’s more successful cousins. Three cryptocurrency mining applications are now among the top 10 malware families even though the code itself isn’t malware. Security experts say the scale of such efforts and resulting profits have increased dramatically. In a report released Thursday, Digital Shadows called such schemes the new frontier of fraud.”]
Source: https://www.govinfosecurity.com/cryptocurrency-miners-crash-malware-top-10-a-10627