{"id":31093,"date":"2020-11-02T12:58:57","date_gmt":"2020-11-02T10:58:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=31093"},"modified":"2025-08-28T01:59:59","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T22:59:59","slug":"rise-in-bitcoin-price-boosts-the-popularity-of-hidden-miners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/rise-in-bitcoin-price-boosts-the-popularity-of-hidden-miners\/","title":{"rendered":"Rise in Bitcoin price boosts the popularity of hidden miners"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the third quarter of 2020, activity by cryptojacking software rose. This is according to a threat report by ESET.<\/p>\n

Experts link the renewed popularity of cryptojacking to the rise in Bitcoin price, which in September reached<\/a> a two-year high above $13,000.<\/p>\n

During this period, one of the active programs aimed at stealing and mining cryptocurrency, became<\/a> the malware KryptoCibule. The virus’s capabilities allow it to launch covert mining on the victim’s device, substitute cryptocurrency-wallet addresses, and steal personal information.<\/p>\n

The number of malicious emails rose by 9% quarter over quarter. Through email campaigns, a WannaCry variant spread, the damage from its activity in 2017 exceeded $1 billion.<\/p>\n

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\u201cDespite the decline in ransomware attacks, more than half of all detected samples in this category of viruses were Win\/Filecoder.WannaCrypto,\u201d according to an ESET report.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Ranking of detected ransomware samples \/ Source: ESET.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Earlier in Q2 2020, the number of covert browser-based cryptocurrency mining incidents rose 163% from the previous quarter.<\/p>\n

By the first half of 2020, among the top threats, ransomware viruses disappeared<\/a> \u2014 accounting for only 1% of all hacker attacks.<\/p>\n

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