Ransomware gives way to miners as cyber criminals follow the money

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By Ian BarkerMar 6, 2018, 10:25 am120 pts
Cyber criminals have started using sophisticated infection methods and techniques borrowed from targeted attacks in order to install mining software on attacked PCs within organizations says Kaspersky Lab. Some 2.7 million users have been attacked by malicious miners in 2017, according to Kaspersky's data.…

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