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Hiddenminer Malware Can Overheat and Cause Device Failure

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/

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