For the vast majority of cyber criminals, the reason for hijacking a victim’s computer ultimately comes down to making a buck. While the last few years have seen criminals flock to ransomware as an effective method of monetizing their attacks, during the past six months we’ve seen another dramatic shift in tactics. Instead of holding encrypted files ransom and hoping victims will fork over cryptocurrency, now more and more attackers are effectively cutting out the (often unwilling) middleman and hijacking compromised computers to mine cryptocurrency, directly.
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