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A poisoned version of MediaGet, an all-in-one BitTorrent client developed in Russia, was used to offload malicious cryptocurrency miners. According to research from Microsoft, the application helped to kick off the Dofoil campaign that targeted hundreds of thousands of computers. Mediaget says that the issue has been fully resolved at their end.
Source: https://torrentfreak.com/microsoft-poisoned-torrent-client-triggered-coin-miner-outbreak-180315/
"Our continued investigation on the Dofoil outbreak revealed that the March 6 campaign was a carefully planned attack with initial groundwork dating back to mid-February," the Windows Defender team said today in a new report.
Microsoft alleges hackers broke into MediaGet's infrastructure, and sometimes between February 12 and 19, attackers managed to replace the official MediaGet installer with one that also included a backdoor.
(Score: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 26 2018, @08:41AM (2 children)
Nothing more.
(Score: 1, Offtopic) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Monday March 26 2018, @10:24AM (1 child)
Would you use a butter knife to cut down a tree?
What's your take on using a chainsaw to spread Jam on your toast
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(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 26 2018, @01:43PM
That depends on how high I was.
That depends on how bad my munchies are.
Do you have any non-drug related questions?