Cryptomining malware Smominru infiltrated over 500,000 machines worldwide to mine cryptocurrencies and steal access data. Researchers from Carbon Black’s Threat Analysis Unit (TAU) said that Smominru is hacking systems via a botnet to illicitly mine Monero (XMR). Many cryptojacking efforts use similar tactics, infiltrating a vulnerable system through brute-forcing weak credentials and take over the […] MoreThe post Smominru mining botnet hijacks 500,000 PCs to mine Monero. appeared first on Coinnounce.