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Mirai Botnet Temporarily Adds Bitcoin Mining Component, Removes It After a Week
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Mirai Botnet Temporarily Adds Bitcoin Mining Component, Removes It After a Week
April 10, 2017
Catalin Cimpanu
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For around a week at the end of March, one of the many versions of the Mirai malware was spotted delivering a Bitcoin-mining module to its infected hosts, which typically are routers, DVRs, and IP cameras. [...]
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