Amateur Cryptojackers and Apple Macs Emerge as Two Mining Malware Trends for 2018

Mining malware in 2018: growth, Macs, the NSA and amateur cryptojackers 2017 was a big year for cryptojacking. It increased by 8,500 percent, according to figures published by Symantec in March. And it would seem that 2018 has so far been an even bigger year for mining malware, as the Cyber Threat Alliance September report revealed that, beginning on Jan. 1, cryptojacking still had room to increase by a further 500 percent. However, beneath this simple outline of growth, there is a bigger, more complicated picture. Despite […]
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