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Blocking Cryptocurrency Mining Using Cisco Security Products

Summary: Cisco Talos is releasing a whitepaper on cryptocurrency mining and the ways to block it using Cisco security products, citing a seismic shift over the past year with malicious mining delivered through email, web, and active exploitation. Talos says attackers have pivoted to open-source miners that deploy without true command and control access, with campaigns generating hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of dollars.

Why it matters: Talos notes that employees installing miners on desktops to mine off-hours will be detected alongside malicious mining, so the same computing power and energy drain is coming from inside as well as outside the perimeter.

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