Android: Mobile browsers being used to mine cryptocurrency

Researchers from Trend Micro recently discovered three Android apps with mining malware included. Two of them: Recitiamo Santo Rosario Free and SafetyNet Wireless use an in-browser Monero miner called “Coinhive.” The other: Car Wallpaper HD, includes a malicious version of cpuminer.

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Coinhive has responded by releasing a new version of its mining software that runs scripts from a domain that requires computers to register themselves. Unfortunately, older versions of the malware are still supported.

Google has already removed the apps from its Play Store.

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