What is cryptojacking? How it works and how you can prevent it
Cryptocurrency investors are constantly warned about the threat of hackers seeking to steal money from online cryptocurrency exchanges and told to store their cryptocurrency offline as a precaution. But now there’s a new threat coming to town, and the way to prevent it might not be as simple. Cryptojacking, also known as malicious cryptomining, is one of the newest threats to cryptocurrency investors, and in the hacking sphere, has surpassed malware in its number of attacks in 2018. Kaspersky reports that almost half of users have experienced a cryptojacking attack in the past year, and that number is not expected to decrease as long as it continues to be profitable to hackers.