What is cryptojacking? How to prevent, detect, and recover from it

According to the report, The New Gold Rush Cryptocurrencies Are the New Frontier of Fraud, from Digital Shadows, cryptojacking kits are available on the dark web for as little as $30. WinstarNssmMiner does this by first launching an svchost.exe process and injecting code into it and setting the spaw...

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Published inCSO (Online)
Main Author Nadeau, Michael
Format Trade Publication Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Framingham Foundry 25.05.2018
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Cybercrime
Malware
Network security
Software
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Summary:According to the report, The New Gold Rush Cryptocurrencies Are the New Frontier of Fraud, from Digital Shadows, cryptojacking kits are available on the dark web for as little as $30. WinstarNssmMiner does this by first launching an svchost.exe process and injecting code into it and setting the spawned process’s attribute to CriticalProcess. Since the computer sees as a critical process, it crashes once the process is removed. Install an ad-blocking or anti-cryptomining extension on web browsers. Since cryptojacking scripts are often delivered through web ads, installing an ad blocker can be an effective means of stopping them. [...]Laliberte notes that mobile devices are not as at risk as desktop computers and servers. Because they tend to have less processing power, they are not as lucrative for the hackers.