New malware disguises itself as Trend Micro component, installs Bitcoin miner to make money
Emil Protalinski
2012-12-08
http://thenextweb.com/insider/2012/12/08/new-malware-disguises-itself-as-trend-micro-component-installs-bicoin-miner-to-make-money...
While threats trying to play themselves off as security solutions is nothing new, and neither are Bitcoin miners dropped by Trojans, putting the two together appears to be something new
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For those who don’t know, Bitcoin is a decentralized digital currency, currently the most-widely used alternative to common forms of money (total market cap at over $100 million). Because it has no central issuer, it has no single authority and thus no way to lock out certain users (or countries) out of the network. It can be used to pay for certain transactions both offline and online.
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