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Malicious Cryptocurrency Mining, Cryptomining, Cryptojacking, Malmining

What is Malicious Cryptocurrency Mining?

Cybersecurity, Internet Safety & Privacy, Malicious Detection, Technology & Insights, URL Categorization Database, URL Database

First off, let’s make it clear that there is nothing inherently malicious about the act of cryptocurrency mining. Rather, over the past couple of years cybercriminals and bad actors have leveraged existing exploits and found unsecured hardware to implant Cryptocurrency Mining code and steal CPU/GPU cycles from computer owners and website visitors without their knowledge. These activities are what we refer to as “Malicious Cryptocurrency Mining”.