Researchers find Bitcoin sextortion malware also mines Monero

2019-10-14 18:12

Analysts have reportedly discovered the source of the sextortion emails that’ve plagued the internet since last year — the ones that demand Bitcoin or else they’ll leak videos of you masturbating to kinky pornography.

Reason Cybersecurity researchers dubbed the malware Save Yourself, as recipients typically receive the bogus emails from senders like “SaveYourself@856. com. ” The emails state that dangerous malware has infected the recipient’s machine, but Reason found this isn’t the case. Instead, the firm discovered the malware forcing devices to act as blackmail proxies is also secretly mining privacy-focused cryptocurrency Monero, with all funds generated going directly the attackers. Save Yourself cleaners are spreading…

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