NEW DELHI: Crypto mining trojans are still ravaging the Internet, according to security firm Kaspersky. Miners are special types of malicious programmes, which are designed to secretly use a computer's resources to mine cryptocurrency. Hackers can siphon as much as 70-80% of a computer’s power and use them to mine cryptocurrency. On the other hand, cryptojacking attacks can be useful in countries that make mining and crypto transactions illegal. Crypto mining is a process that creates new tokens, which means attackers can earn cryptocurrencies directly, instead of having to make fiat currency deposits to an exchange or wallet.

Source: Mint June 05, 2021 11:36 UTC