November 25, 2018

New Linux malware mines cryptocurrency and steals your password

Malware that aims to mine cryptocurrencies gas become quite popular as cryptocurrencies.

Linux.BtcMine.174 is the current name of the new strand which mostly aims to mine the Monero cryptocurrency. But, in addition to that, this piece of malware which contains over 1,000 lines of code also tries to set itself up to shut down running services, hide files, and potentially steal your password.

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