Security researchers at Huntress have uncovered an unusual attack in which a threat actor compiled a cryptocurrency miner directly on a victim’s computer, rather than simply dropping a ready-made one, and in doing so generated so much activity that the intrusion stood out. The incident began in early September 2026 with the exploitation of CVE-2025-4632, The post Attackers build “silent” cryptominer on victim’s machine and give themselves away appeared first on IT Security Guru.
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