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It seems bizarre to me that a crypto miner got in. It wouldn't make much money on regular CPUs, and the high processor usage would immediately draw attention. S
by sterlind 7y ago
It seems bizarre to me that a crypto miner got in. It wouldn't make much money on regular CPUs, and the high processor usage would immediately draw attention. So it looks like a low-effort botnet, which is embarrassing to get pwned by.
(The coin mining could be a cover like you mention, but it seems unlikely since it naturally draws attention.)
- optimiz3 7y ago> It wouldn't make much money on regular CPUs Not true; some PoWs such as Random-X are designed to be most efficient CPUs.
- itsajoke 7y agoI once worked at a place where a minor piece of cloud infra got exploited. All the attacker did was run a monero miner on it.
- sterlind 7y agoHeh, in a way it makes a good bug bounty. Like if popping calc got you a trickle of income.
- vertex-four 7y agoIt’s easier to sell Monero for cash than... some random data from some random company.