Group-IB is recording new outbreaks of illegal mining (cryptojacking) threats in the networks of commercial and state organizations. The number of shadow-forum ads offering mining software has increased fivefold (H1 2018 vs H1 2017) over a year. The low entry barrier to the illegal mining market results in a situation where cryptocurrency is being mined by people without technical expertise or experience with fraudulent schemes. New types of mining software appear regularly that bypass security systems based on signature alone. The Russian legislative environment still leaves enough loopholes to avoid prosecution for such thefts.”]
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