Topic: Warning: Cryptomining Malware Launches Linux VMs On Windows and macOS (Read 149 times)
The warning has already been provided a few posts further down in Beginners & Help, with very similar content, and referencing the same link: See WARNING! Cryptomining Malware Launches Linux VMs On Windows and macOS.
June 25, 2019, 05:47:02 AM
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Cybersecurity researchers from at least two firms today unveiled details of a new strain of malware that targets Windows and macOS systems with a Linux-based cryptocurrency mining malware.
Spotted by researchers at ESET and Malwarebytes, attackers are distributing this malware bundled with pirated and cracked copies of VST (Virtual Studio Technology) software on the Internet and via Torrent network since August 2018.
Spotted by researchers at ESET and Malwarebytes, attackers are distributing this malware bundled with pirated and cracked copies of VST (Virtual Studio Technology) software on the Internet and via Torrent network since August 2018.
https://thehackernews.com/2019/06/emulated-malware.html
So let this be a warning for those who download fake applications. You just don't know that you have downloaded something that has bundled with malwares that will take advantage of your systems. And we all know that bitcoin is making a run, so this kind of attacks might also increased so everyone should be careful.
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