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Cryptojacking
Your devices quietly mining cryptocurrency for someone else.
Understand it
Hidden code uses the power of your computers or servers to mine cryptocurrency for an attacker. You meet the electricity and performance cost; they keep the proceeds.
How to spot it
Machines hot and slow for no reason, fans always running, cloud bills creeping upward.
Close the gap
- Patch servers and close off any admin panels facing the internet.
- Watch for unexplained spikes in processor use or cloud spend.
- Run reputable protection on every device.
- Block known mining scripts at the network or in the browser.
What to do about it
This is part of your plan - Switch on updates and lock your devices. Work through it there and you’ll close this off along with everything else it covers.