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    Home»Noticias»Microsoft Store removed eight applications with hidden mining script

    Microsoft Store removed eight applications with hidden mining script

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    By BlockchainJournal on febrero 15, 2019 Noticias
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    Specializing in cybersecurity, Symantec has discovered eight applications in the Microsoft Windows Store with a built-in enhanced version of Coinhive, a hidden mining script for the Monero cryptocurrency.

    Has found 8 apps on the @MicrosoftStore that mine #Monero without the user's knowledge. Details here: https://t.co/gWz9hJIgfA #cryptojacking pic.twitter.com/4BMeh1C7KA

    – Security Response (@threatintel) February 15, 2019

    Note that the applications worked on Windows 10 and Windows 10 S Mode. They were developed by some DigiDream , 1clean and Findoo , however, Symantec suggested that it could be the same person.

    Applications that appeared in the store between April and December 2018 launch the miner JavaScript library through the Google Tag Manager.

    Recall 4.32% of Monero coins in circulation (worth about $ 56 million) were mined illegally.

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