Cyber-security experts are warning that criminals are hacking into other people's machines to mine cryptocurrencies for them. According to a Trend Micro report, school, charity and file-sharing websites have been found infected with a particular code that makes the visitor's machine mine cryptocurrency. That code turns the machine into a "miner." By creating a huge network of machines, hackers can quickly generate huge amounts of money. "This is absolutely a numbers game," said Rik Ferguson, vice-president of security research at Trend Micro. "There's a huge attraction of being able to use other people's devices in a massively distributed fashion because you then effectively… [Continue Reading]
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