Crackonosh Monero miner made $2M after infecting 222,000 Win systems
Security Affairs
JUNE 27, 2021
Researchers have discovered a strain of cryptocurrency-mining malware, tracked as Crackonosh, that abuses Windows Safe mode to avoid detection. . The final stage of the Crackonosh attack chain is the installation of the coinminer XMRig to mine the Monero (XMR) cryptocurrency. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook.
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