Bitcoin Miner Found in Malicious Google Play Apps
 

Mining for Bitcoins from a cellphone? How about Millions of cellphones all working together undercover on phones around the world? This week researchers found exactly that in the guise of a harmless wallpaper App containing the BadLepricon malware. Bitcoin mining places extreme processing demands on hardware, causing devices to slow down and generate much more heat than would be the case otherwise.

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