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Cyber security company Kaspersky: Hackers blackmailed YouTube bloggers to promote crypto mining Trojan

On March 12, cyber security firm Kaspersky found that hackers used copyright complaints to threaten YouTube content creators, forcing them to add crypto mining Trojan SilentCryptoMiner to the video description. The malicious software is based on XMRig and is used to mine cryptocurrencies such as Ethereum, Ethereum Classic, Monero, Ravencoin, and control botnets through the Bitcoin blockchain. The main goal of the hackers is to provide Windows Packet Divert driver installation instructions.

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2025-03-12 02:35:26
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