eco & G DATA: Cryptomining needs some rules Blog | SECURITY BLOG
Summary
The level of activity of malware families that illegally mine crypto coins on infected computers has increased steadily over the past year. Crypto-mining modules are now available for many malware distribution platforms and can be delivered to infected zombie computers with just a few mouse clicks. With providers of progressive advertising software especially (which we call Adware or PUPs for “Potentially Unwanted Programs”), there has always been friction that has caused a lot of work. The two groups have now exchanged ideas in the context of the Clean Software Alliance and similar initiatives, and harmonisation is on the cards, based on clear rules. Crypto-mining scripts are executed in the background without the users knowledge or consent, resulting in the computers CPU being used to full capacity and increasing power consumption.