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Fake Adobe Flash update hides criptomoedas mining malware

The use of tools that allow hackers to appropriate the capacity and resources of other users' CPU or GPU to extract crypto coins has seen its popularity grow.
Researchers at cyber security company Palo Alto Networks have revealed that one of the latest cryptojacking schemes uses a supposed Adobe Flash update to install crypto-coin mining malware.

Once the user downloads the Adobe Flash update to their operating system, the program also installs, in the background, a digital currency miner. This happens without the user noticing why Flash is installed in an apparently normal way.
The scheme has been running since March and the researchers explain that the malware installation programs are being distributed primarily from compromised emails or sites.


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