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Old 06-11-2017, 09:18 PM   #1
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LXer: Raspberry Pi devices transformed into cryptocurrency miners by Linux malware


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The words "Linux" and "malware" don’t tend to belong in the same sentence, but a new strain called Linux.MulDrop.14 is infecting Raspberry Pi devices. Infected machines are used to mine cryptocurrency for the malware's author, and it take advantage of poor security to generate money from nothing.

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