component is capable of launching distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks,
allowing the cybercriminals to monetize their botnet through cryptocurrency mining and by offering DDoS-for-hire services.
Most of the infection attempts thus far have occurred in China.
Trend Micro has also reported a significant uptick in XMR-related mining malware since late 2018.
This included two mining malware variants affecting Windows servers, RADMIN and MIMIKATZ,
and Linux malware Coinminer.Linux.MALXMR.UWEIU which eliminated any competing malware on the infected machine.
The security analysts also detected a URL that was spreading a botnet with an XMR miner bundled
with a Perl-based backdoor component. The Perl-based backdoor
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