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thenextweb.com on 2018-11-28 16:56

Botnet operators ditch DDoS attacks for cryptocurrency mining malware

Hackers are "reprofiling" the world's most well-known botnets en masse in order to spread their cryptocurrency mining malware as widely as possible.

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