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Cryptocurrency malware will pop up in ‘most unexpected places’ in 2018, researchers say

Posted on February 15, 2018 by milton

One of the more unfortunate trends that shaped up as a result of the massive blockchain boom last year was the sudden proliferation of crypto-jacking scripts – malware designed to steal your CPU power to surreptitiously mine cryptocurrency. And new research suggests the trend is here to stay in 2018… 

https://thenextweb.com/hardfork/2018/02/15/cryptocurrency-malware-scripts-mining/

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