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Powerful Malware Disguised as Crypto Miner Infects 1M+ Windows, Linux PCs (www.pcmag.com)
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Antivirus provider Kaspersky uncovers a sophisticated piece of 'StripedFly' malware camouflaged as a cryptocurrency miner that's been targeting PCs for more than five years.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Those machines were controlling a conveyor belt system and weren't online. I was told the software they were running wasn't available for other OSs. They were locked in a cabinet. That entire conveyor system is now gone so those machines are probably gone too.