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       Slovakian Firm Eset Annual Crypto Cyber Crime Report
       By: AlexaneJohnson Date: November 27, 2019, 7:32 am
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       [center]Eset, a Slovakian Software Security startup uncovered a
       fraudulent means of distributing a Monero(XMR) crypto mining
       module through YouTube.  The firm reported that cyber criminals
       behind the Statinko Botnet; were taking advantage of the video
       content aggregation site to install crypto malware on victim
       devices.
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       [center]Meanwhile, Eset also reported that the cyber criminals
       had expanded their cyber crime reach from social network fraud,
       password phishing, ad injection and click fraud; into this
       unpopular complex method of crypto-jacking.
       Stantinko botnet has been active since at least 2012
       The Stantiko botnet is alleged to have been active since 2012
       and has been majorly targeting internet users in Ukraine,
       Kazakhstan, Russia and Belarus. However,  predominant
       populations of these countries could have their computer systems
       CPU privately focused on mining Monero without their
       familiarity. Meanwhile, the cryptojacking malware installs
       itself through modules distributed across several YouTube
       Channels.
       Eset reported that the crypto-jacking malware has infected
       approximately 500,000 devices. Additionally, the firm noted that
       the malware shares similarity with other malicious malware such
       as Dexphot. Microsoft discovered Dexphot after it had already
       infected more than 80,000 personal computers.
       The crypto-hijacking tools usually code themselves into a
       computer system to steal processing resources, and ultimately
       taking over control of legitimate system processes. Finally,
       they disguise their operation with the ultimate focus of running
       crypto mining software on the infected devices.
       After identifying the malware, Eset informed YouTube who
       responded by bringing down the channels that contained traces of
       the botnet.
       Malware on Monero’s official website was stealing crypto
       Nevertheless, Monero’s Core development team announced that the
       software download for monero might have been tampered with to
       help steal cryptocurrencies. Shack, a professional investigator
       confirmed the software distribution after cybercriminals
       compromised the server was actually malicious:
       “I can confirm that the malicious binary is stealing coins.
       Roughly 9 hours after I ran the binary a single transaction
       drained the wallet. I downloaded the build yesterday around 6pm
       Pacific time.”[/center]
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