Be careful - sites secretly mine Monero

Symantec, a computer security company, warns Internet users of yet another danger. This time, the focus is scripts for mining the popular Monero cryptocurrency, which is mined using processor power.

Be careful - sites secretly mine Monero

The boom of cryptocurrencies in the world market has spawned millionaires, miners, and led to the growth of cyberattacks, which are inextricably linked to digital finance. The spread of ransomware viruses, which demanded a reward in bitcoins, was stopped by manufacturers of antivirus programs. But another scum has settled on the Internet, which gets unauthorized access to the resources of the user's PC.

We are talking about scripts for mining Monero. A coin in the digital currency market is not among the expensive ones, however, due to the mass of infected computers, the hacker receives a financial reward. According to official information, attackers hack sites, fill in a script and wait for the victim to open the visited page. However, according to unconfirmed information, Monero mining programs are put by site owners who, seeing a visit to their own resources, are trying to get additional benefits. After all, when a problem is detected, there is a chance to blame the problem on evil hackers.

Symantec experts recommend that owners of personal computers, laptops, smartphones and tablets use anti-virus programs that analyze visited pages and block malicious scripts. Updating programs and anti-virus databases will deprive the user of problems.