Malware that secretly mines Monero is becoming a real problem in the real world, with the number of different incidents growing with each week. For example, only this past week, three new attacks came to light.
The reason is simple and is the same one given by all security experts who paid close attention to the cryptocurrency market in the past year.
The number of malware campaigns spreading Monero-mining threats grew exponentially with Monero's trading price. As the price rose, the number of new Monero-mining malware reports increased as well.
Excluding
cryptojacking incidents —which also mine Monero— some of the Monero-mining malware families we've seen in 2017 include:
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