If the viability of ransomware as a criminal business model should decline, expect attackers to embrace something else – but what? In late 2017, driven by a surge in bitcoin’s value, many criminals shifted from using ransomware to instead spread cryptocurrency-mining malware. The Biden administration and allies have been moving to attempt to disrupt the ransomware business model via law enforcement means and cracking down on cryptocurrency flows. But President Biden is also trying to make it more costly for leaders of countries – such as Russia – to tolerate or encourage such attacks.”]
Source: https://www.cuinfosecurity.com/blogs/cryptocurrency-mining-malware-due-for-comeback-p-3068