Security firm Trend Micro has discovered a new strain of Android malware, calling it “HiddenMiner” because of the advanced techniques it employs to protect itself from discovery and removal. Like most cryptocurrency-mining software, HiddenMiner uses a device’s computing power to mine Monero. But according to Trend Micro, because there is no switch, controller, or optimizer in HiddenMiner’s code it will continuously mine Monero until the device’s resources are exhausted.
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https://www.newsbtc.com/2018/03/30/hiddenminer-mines-monero-on-android-devices-while-protecting-itself-from-discovery-and-removal/I wonder how much hashpower has those high end smartphones. But in large scale that Android has and thousands infected phones it can be very profitable I suppose.
