Hackers used Facebook Messenger for covert mining Monero
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Unknown vlasici has created a bot that can without the knowledge of the Monero cryptocurrency. To spread malicious code used by the app Facebook Messenger, — soobshaet TrendLabs.
Bot-miner called Digmine. The first mention of the bot first appeared in the report, TrendLabs regarding South Korea. He then began to spread and appeared in Azerbaijan, Ukraine, Vietnam, Thailand, Venesuella and several other countries. Judging by the speed of its spread, soon it will appear in many other places.
Digmine Bot only works on the desktop version of Facebook Messenger and contains the file «video_xxxx.zip». If you access through Facebook Messenger, it begins to spool the rest of the components needed to start mining Monero. Then he installs the Chrome browser extension, through which gains access to Facebook accounts and passed on.
Experts from TrendLabs has notified Facebook about the situation, so now the social network is actively fighting the spread of bot-miner.
Mine bitcoin and nothing to suspect that there were other ways. For example, many sites of Internet retailers use the power of the computers of its visitors for the mining of cryptocurrencies. Previously, Google Chrome has detected extension for url shortening which is also secretly mined Monero.
Do Not forget that regret the unfortunate users Facebook Messenger and chat with cryptocurrency luminaries in .
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