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Cryptomining Dethrones Ransomware As Top Threat In 2018 According To Webroots Mid-Year Threat Report Update

Phishing Attempts Seen by Webroot Increased by More Than 60 percent from January to June 2018. Dropbox overtook Google in the first half of 2018 as the most impersonated company for phishing attacks, accounting for 17 percent of phishing emails. Cryptomining uses the victims computer processing power to mine cryptocurrency. While currently a nuisance to businesses, this threat is on track to consume an estimated three percent of the world’s electricity by 2020, according to block chain specialist lex de Vries.”]

Source: https://informationsecuritybuzz.com/study-research/cryptomining-dethrones-ransomware/

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