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suspect the presence of malware activity if
the computer is noisier and consumes more
power than usual.
According to Mike McLellan, a senior
security researcher at the SecureWorks
Counter Threat Unit, cryptocurrency mining
represents a good return on investment
and a low-risk way of doing it because
it leaves the user unaware that their
machine is infected, which means rather
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than providing payment in one quick hit
like ransomware, the operation can be
sustained for a long period of time. Plus, it
doesn’t matter to the attacker where the
victim resides in the world, providing a huge
target market for the attacker. The code
behind cryptojacking malware is relatively
simple and it can be delivered via phishing
campaigns, malvertising, compromised
websites, or even software downloads.
Once on a computer system, the game is all
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Ashraf Sheet, Regional Director, Middle
East and Africa at Infoblox
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