Andhra Pradesh Municipal Administration, Tirupati Municipal Corporation and Macherla Municipal Administration portals are among several hundred Indian websites infected with malware. This software uses the victim’s computer to secretly mine cryptocurrencies. Hackers achieve this by sending malicious links to victims' emails, or by infecting websites with JavaScript code.
Indrajut Bhuyan, one of the security experts, believes that many government websites are currently infected. He said: "Hackers are using government websites for their purposes due to high traffic and high level of user trust. Earlier, we could see government websites being attacked in various ways, but now it has become fashionable among hackers to inject malicious mining codes into them as it helps in earning good money."
However, no concrete action has been taken to solve the problem yet. The malware code continues to function on many web resources. Cybercriminals aren't just targeting government sites. Many of them attack websites of well-known businesses in order to mine currency. According to PublicWWW, more than 100 sites are currently infected with Coinhive malicious code that mines Monero.
Cybercriminals are attracted to this type of income because it requires significant technical skills. On the dark web you can find hacking kits for as little as $30. This is a cheaper and less risky alternative to ransomware.
According to information from researchers at the Technical University of Braunschweig: “With a hey rate of 80 x/s and taking into account the payout ratio of CoinHive, a miner earns approximately $5.8 per day from one site. This confirms the information that such cryptocurrency attacks are currently not capable of bringing significant profits.”
Less risk, much to the regret of hackers, implies less profit.
According to ccn.com
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