Fake Flash Player Installer Embeds Monero Coin Miner, Wreaking Havoc in the Wild. Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 disclosed that a fake version of Flash Player installer is roaming in the web, first detected in August 2018. The fake installer bundles a legitimate copy of Adobe Flash Player embedded with a Monero coin miner. The goal of a coin miner malware is to continue mining for Monero coins in the case of XMRig, it is developed to hide from the Windows Task Manager while stealing CPU/GPU cycles in the background.”]