Forcepoint™ Security Labs frequently identify new, unusual, or otherwise interesting pieces of malware. Sometimes these turn out to be elements of large, APT-driven campaigns (e.g. our report into the MONSOON campaign from August 2016: https://blogs.forcepoint.com/security-labs/monsoon-analysis-apt-campaign); other times these can be more 'niche', as is the case with this miniature Monero mining botnet.
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