Comment on New Skype malware spreading at 2,000 clicks per hour to mine BitcoinsparentComments−eurleif13yThere will always be ways to monetize malware. I'd rather they monetize it by mining Bitcoins than by doing something more destructive.−taf213yhoneypot anyone... create the appears of a hacked machine that is successfully mining... keep'em busy for a few weeks ...−wahnfrieden13yIt's surely automated, in which case, there's nothing to "keep busy" like a human manually hacking into the average lousy computer one by one.
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There will always be ways to monetize malware. I'd rather they monetize it by mining Bitcoins than by doing something more destructive.
honeypot anyone... create the appears of a hacked machine that is successfully mining... keep'em busy for a few weeks ...
It's surely automated, in which case, there's nothing to "keep busy" like a human manually hacking into the average lousy computer one by one.