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Monero-mining Android malware will exhaust your phone in its quest for cash.
A new strain of Android malware will continuously use an infected device's CPU to mine the Monero cryptocurrency until the device is exhausted or even breaks down.
Security company Trend Micro has named the malware HiddenMiner because of the techniques it uses to protect itself from discovery and removal.
Like most cryptocurrency-mining software, HiddenMiner uses the device's CPU power to mine Monero. But Trend Micro said that because there is no switch, controller, or optimizer in HiddenMiner's code it will continuously mine Monero until the device's resources are exhausted.
"Given HiddenMiner's nature, it could cause the affected device to overheat and potentially fail," the company said.
Learn more / En savoir plus / Mehr erfahren:
https://www.scoop.it/t/securite-pc-et-internet/?&tag=crypto-currency
https://www.scoop.it/t/securite-pc-et-internet/?&tag=Crypto+Mining
https://www.scoop.it/t/securite-pc-et-internet/?&tag=Android
Monero-mining Android malware will exhaust your phone in its quest for cash.
A new strain of Android malware will continuously use an infected device's CPU to mine the Monero cryptocurrency until the device is exhausted or even breaks down.
Security company Trend Micro has named the malware HiddenMiner because of the techniques it uses to protect itself from discovery and removal.
Like most cryptocurrency-mining software, HiddenMiner uses the device's CPU power to mine Monero. But Trend Micro said that because there is no switch, controller, or optimizer in HiddenMiner's code it will continuously mine Monero until the device's resources are exhausted.
"Given HiddenMiner's nature, it could cause the affected device to overheat and potentially fail," the company said.
Learn more / En savoir plus / Mehr erfahren:
https://www.scoop.it/t/securite-pc-et-internet/?&tag=crypto-currency
https://www.scoop.it/t/securite-pc-et-internet/?&tag=Crypto+Mining
https://www.scoop.it/t/securite-pc-et-internet/?&tag=Android