Monero mining malware hidden inside popular game torrents

Hackers launched a mass infection campaign to distribute a Monero mining program that could be activated remotely. The hackers delivered the mining payload via popular game torrents and primarily targeted gamers, as gaming PCs commonly tend to have stronger processors with more than 8 cores. According to a recent report by Kaspersky, hackers launched a […] source: https://www.cryptopolitan.com/monero-mining-malware-in-game-torrents/