Devilish Cryptojacking Malware With a Biblical Name: Another “Good News” of 2020

A new malware called “Lucifer” is capable of both engaging a device in mining and performing DDoS attacks. However, criminals updated the malware and launched the second waves of attacks.

Thus, Australian Security Centre reported that vulnerabilities in the country’s corporate networks were exploited by a gang of hackers called the Blue Mockingbird to implant XMRig for Monero mining. As coinidol.com, a world blockchain news outlet reported, the country has lost about $2 billion to various criminal and fraudulent schemes involving digital currencies.

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