A new Monero mining Android malware dubbed ANDROIDOS_HIDDENMINER uses the device CPU power to mine Monero malware and could cause the device to overheat and potentially fail. The Hiddenminer app posses like a legitimate Google Play update app and forces users to grant device administrator permission by deploying it in a continuous loop until user clicks activate button. One of its operators withdrew 26 XMR (or US$5,360 as of March 26, 2018) from one of the wallets. This indicates a rather active campaign of using infected devices to mine cryptocurrency”]
Source: https://gbhackers.com/hiddenminer-overheat-device-failure/

