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Your PC might be making some criminal sweet, sweet cash, according to the findings of a cybersecurity firm.You might remember the chaos caused by the WannaCry cybersecurity crisis last year, where a security exploit developed by the National Security Agency in the US was used to create a devestating ransomware attack on an international scale that affected over 230,000 computers in over 150 countries. Well, out of the fire of that nightmare has come a new exploit called WannaMine, with a completely different goal in mind; to covertly use infected computers and networks to mine cryptocurrency.Cybersecurity firm Panda Security from Spain discovered WannaMine in October, and according to cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike, it has grown significantly since; potentially infecting tens of thousands of computers. Furthermore, it poses additional risks due to how it gains access to victim compuerts; it uses a two pronged approach, stealing stolen logins to try and break in to a victim's comp...

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