"Kaspersky lab": hidden mining has become more popular extortion among hackers
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In March "Kaspersky Lab" , the activity of hackers in the past year has increased in one and a half times compared to 2016 from 1.9 to 2.9 million attacks. Now, the company talked about reducing the number of cybercrime-related extortion, and the growing number of cases of cryptogamia. The report results .
How to protect yourself from the hidden mining
we are Talking about hidden mining — according to analysts, this way of hacking brings the criminals to the greatest profit.
This is a new way of mining cryptocurrency. Cryptogenic uses the hidden resources of your computer in the background without your knowledge. All I have to do a blackhat is load the script in your web browser.
the Number of attacks hidden miners from spring 2017 to June 2018 rose by 45 percent. The number of victims of hackers was 2.7 million people.
the Number of targeted attacks on a company to install hidden miners puts into question the development of this form of cybercrime. Big money loves silence, and if hackers have attracted as much attention in the near future their life is seriously complicated.
Data of "Kaspersky Lab" confirmed McAfee. Their report shows that the number of attacks hidden miners in the first quarter of 2018 grew by more than 600 percent.
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