Organizations that think they dodged a bullet when their older systems did not fall prey to the WannaCry ransomware may want to think again. Weeks prior to the WannaCry attacks, a group of hackers was taking advantage of the same Windows vulnerabilities that WannaCry exploited. Instead of locking down systems with ransomware, these cyber criminals were putting them to work, using a cryptocurrency mining malware called Adylkuzz.
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That is ridiculous in my opinion, since it takes at least 10 Terahash to produce about $10 of bitcoin per day. It would be easier to simply buy a single Antminer S7 and mine the freakin coins. That actually could be profitable too, if you are smart enough to use solar panels!
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Well, considering that simply hijacking someone else's electricity bill is free, simpler isn't necessarily more profitable.
In fact, hackers aren't just using people's computers, they are using the IoT to mine cryptocurrency.
Your toaster could be working for someone else.
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No, that is simply ignorant. My fairly powerful quad core phone can mine bitcoin at about 2 megahashes per second. That would require amout 5 million phones to equal 10 terahash. Now this was NOT the case a few years ago when the bitcoin mining difficulty wasn't insane like it is today.
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It doesn't matter if you think it's ignorant. It is being done.
https://www.cryptocoinsnews.com/variant-of-dreaded-iot-botnet-mirai-found-mining-bitcoin/
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