Cryptojackers Come to Linux with a Brand-New Stealth-Like Crypto Mining Malware

Linux users are not immune from stealth cryptocurrency mining, also called cryptojacking, anymore. Japanese cryptosecurity company Trend Micro discovered that a cryptocurrency miner known as KORKERDS behaves in a strange way, with the potential to hide its activity from Linux users.

Trend Micro posted information on its website that the route of infection is yet to be investigated. However, the mining malware might get installed onto the victim’s computer through a compromised plugin or software download.

The cryptocurrency miner is focused on Monero (XMR) coins. Trend Micro labeled it as Coinminer.Linux.KORKERDS.AB, noting that it can be bundled wi…

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