Researchers at the Israeli firm Check Point Software Technologies claim to have discovered a new species of a hidden miner that is able to “evolve”. This was reported on the website of the company.

This program was discovered about six months ago and then the main function of the malware was just mining Monero cryptocurrency. However, over time the miner “learned” was found on the victim’s computer an older version of the program, replacing them relevant. This approach, experts believe Check Point, avoiding detection BY antivirus.

“This malware is constantly adding new properties and methods of avoiding detection”, — experts say.

The program is primarily focused on the Microsoft server, including IISSQL. Hidden miner using 100% CPU power of the victim. In addition, to preserve the secrecy KingMiner uses private mining pool.

“We have not yet identified the domains used pool, since they are also private. Nevertheless, we see that the current scale of attacks is huge, from Mexico to India, from Norway to Israel,” say the researchers. Discuss current news and events on the Forum

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