Stantinko Botnet Is Now Mining Cryptocurrency Through Youtube
The Multi-Purpose Module Security researchers at ESET have surfaced this fact initially and detailed on their blog. The group, Stantinko has been infamous for ad injections, password stealings, click baits and affecting countries like Russia, Ukraine, Belarus etc for its revenue. Since its inception in 2012, it’s estimated to have infected more than 500,000 systems worldwide. With that record, Stantinko is now found mining cryptocurrencies using victims computational resources. Though this may seem common these days, Stantinko methods of obfuscation are highly appreciated for hiding from detections, and what made them notable....