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New malicious crypto scheme detected: an ongoing crypto mining malware designed as a photo of Taylor Swift. This crypto mining botnet, which has infected millions of devices across the globe, is reportedly shared in a jpeg file of the award-winning singer Taylor Swift. A recent study by the UK-based cybersecurity firm Sophos shows that the malware’s operators are leveraging a tech method tagged steganography, which allows them to hide malicious software inside legitimate files. So,…

A recent report published by ESET, a cybersecurity company, has revealed the modus operandi of the Stantinko botnet, which has been distributing a Monero (XMR) cryptocurrency mining module through YouTube without the users’ knowledge or consent (cryptojacking). According to the report, the hackers have been installing malware content on YouTube channels to highjack the computers’ CPU of the victims who are innocently watching videos YouTube. The malware automatically consumes the computational power illegally to mine…