Microsoft Labels Malicious Crypto Mining an ‘Increasing Threat’ as Ransomware Attacks Drop

Microsoft Labels Malicious Crypto Mining an ‘Increasing Threat’ as Ransomware Attacks Drop

Microsoft has released a blog post discussing the emerging threat of malicious cryptocurrency miners. The post from the Windows Defender Research blog noted that the number of enterprise computers encountering unauthorized coin miners doubled from December to January 2018. Microsoft suggest that the reason for this rise is that cyber criminals are moving to this … Continued

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