According to the latest news, more than 500,000 devices worldwide have been hijacked by a digital miner zombie software that has dug nearly 9,000 Monroe (worth about $ 3.6 million).
ZDNet reports that since its first discovery in May last year, the bot called "Smominru" infected about 526,000 Windows servers during peak hours and dredged 8,900 Monroe. The bot software exploits the Windows loophole "Eternal Blue" - notably, the notorious extortion software "WannaCry" also takes advantage of the "looming eternity" of a dangerous leak leaked by the NSA.
The favorite target for bot software attacks is Windows Server, as it is one of the best hosts on the market, not only in an "on" state, but with more processing power than a personal computer. Although the Smominru malware attacks are widespread worldwide, the major victims are in Russia, India and Taiwan.
Currently cyber security workers from Proofpoint, abuse.ch and ShadowServer Foundation try to kill the bot with a technique called "sinkholing," but the result is not successful and the Smominru malware quickly resumes after a brief halt It's
On the other hand, more and more digital currency cybercriminals are related to Monroe nowadays mainly because Monroe transactions and transaction history are fully encrypted and difficult to track.