Attack Cases of CoinMiners Mining Ethereum Classic Coins

The ASEC analysis team is monitoring CoinMiners that are targeting Korean and overseas users. We have covered cases of various types of CoinMiner attacks over multiple blog posts in the past. This post aims to introduce the recently discovered malware that mine Ethereum Classic coins.

0. Overview

CoinMiners are installed without user awareness and use the system’s resources to mine cryptocurrency, leading to low system performance. Threat actors that distribute CoinMiners tend to mine coins that guarantee anonymity, such as …

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