‘Yet another Mirai-based botnet’ is spreading an illicit cryptominer

A well-designed operation is using a version of the infamous Mirai malware to secretly distribute cryptocurrency mining software, researchers said Wednesday. Calling it NoaBot, researchers at Akamai said the campaign has been active for about a year, and it has various quirks that complicate analysis of the malware and point to highly-skilled threat actors. The

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