Crypto Illegal Mining Beating Ransomware as Top Cyber Threat
Hijacking computers to mine cryptocurrencies has overtaken ransomware as the biggest cyber threat in the Middle East, Turkey, and Africa, according to Kaspersky Lab
• Crypto mining attacks have risen almost fourfold in the region, the security firm said
• Earlier this year, criminals commandeered massive processing power to unlock new Monero coins, and in the process unleashed an epidemic of malicious software