McAfee Labs Sees Criminals “Infect and Collect” in Cryptocurrency Mining Surge

Cryptocurrency Mining and Cryptojacking Offer Cybercriminals Lower Risk, Higher Efficacy, Ease of Monetization of Efforts; Adding Passive Exploitation to Portolio of Ransomware Extortion, Data Breach Theft, and Fraud McAfee Labs sees coin miner malware grow 629% in Q1 2018 Lazarus cryptocurrency campaigns steal bitcoins from financial sector and users Gold Dragon targets Winter Games to …