Bitdefender researchers have discovered a group of Romanian cyber attackers who remotely infect computers and servers across the globe, from where they then illegally mine cryptocurrencies, according to a company statement, agerpres reports.
The cryptocurrency mining process is time-consuming and requires expensive computer systems with high processing power, which is why cyber attackers avoid using their own devices and try to take control of such systems remotely and use them as if they were their own.
Once they grasp the victims’ systems, which in this case run the Linux operating system, hackers illegally install an application and mine the Monero cryptocurrency indefinitely.
Thus, the infected device will no longer function in optimal parameters, will deteriorate rapidly, the services…
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