New Skype malware spreading at 2,000 clicks per hour to mine Bitcoins
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Re: New Skype malware spreading at 2,000 clicks per hour to mine Bitcoins
#2Why does Skype even have any clickable links in it at all if Microsoft can't be bothered to keep the obvious malware out?
Re: New Skype malware spreading at 2,000 clicks per hour to mine Bitcoins
#3Why does Skype even have any clickable links in it at all if Microsoft can't be bothered to keep the obvious malware out?
Don't miss the forest for the trees. If it wasn't skype, it'd be some other channel. The point here is that mining malware is a rather new and troubling phenomenon.
Re: New Skype malware spreading at 2,000 clicks per hour to mine Bitcoins
#4Re the conclusion: to protect yourself, don't run an OS that will silently install software just because you clicked on a blue link in a program published by the OS vendor.
Steve Ballmer should be jailed as an accessory for allowing this.
Re: New Skype malware spreading at 2,000 clicks per hour to mine Bitcoins
#5Malware Bitcoin-miners, hmm? I don't like Skype as a vector... what if you could put it in the browser instead? Which leads me to a less malware-y idea: write a JavaScript/Flash/similar component that mines bitcoins in a web browser. Put it on your site instead of ads. Has anyone beat me to it?
Re: New Skype malware spreading at 2,000 clicks per hour to mine Bitcoins
#6Why does Skype even have any clickable links in it at all if Microsoft can't be bothered to keep the obvious malware out?
Don't miss the forest for the trees. If it wasn't skype, it'd be some other channel. The point here is that mining malware is a rather new and troubling phenomenon.
There will always be ways to monetize malware. I'd rather they monetize it by mining Bitcoins than by doing something more destructive.
Re: New Skype malware spreading at 2,000 clicks per hour to mine Bitcoins
#7Malware Bitcoin-miners, hmm? I don't like Skype as a vector... what if you could put it in the browser instead? Which leads me to a less malware-y idea: write a JavaScript/Flash/similar component that mines bitcoins in a web browser. Put it on your site instead of ads. Has anyone beat me to it?
Mining bitcoin on a CPU these days is like digging for gold with a garden shovel. Once upon a time it may have worked, but today it's basically useless (even if you do it on a million computers at once).
Re: New Skype malware spreading at 2,000 clicks per hour to mine Bitcoins
#8Malware Bitcoin-miners, hmm? I don't like Skype as a vector... what if you could put it in the browser instead? Which leads me to a less malware-y idea: write a JavaScript/Flash/similar component that mines bitcoins in a web browser. Put it on your site instead of ads. Has anyone beat me to it?
Mining bitcoin on a CPU these days is like digging for gold with a garden shovel. Once upon a time it may have worked, but today it's basically useless (even if you do it on a million computers at once).
WebGL FTW!
:)
Re: New Skype malware spreading at 2,000 clicks per hour to mine Bitcoins
#9Why does Skype even have any clickable links in it at all if Microsoft can't be bothered to keep the obvious malware out?
Don't miss the forest for the trees. If it wasn't skype, it'd be some other channel. The point here is that mining malware is a rather new and troubling phenomenon.
And of limited real value. A CPU only miner would yield about 10 MHash/s or less on standard hardware, and a malware/junkware loaded PC will do even less.
Re: New Skype malware spreading at 2,000 clicks per hour to mine Bitcoins
#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
Don't miss the forest for the trees. If it wasn't skype, it'd be some other channel. The point here is that mining malware is a rather new and troubling phenomenon.
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 ...