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Security researchers are concerned about the rise of cryptocurrency miners that are being embedded into websites and apps to use a device’s resources without gaining permission.
Security firm Trend Micro discovered three Android apps on Google Play with two different miners.
Two of the apps, Recitiamo Santo Rosario Free and SafetyNet Wireless App, use the popular Coinhive JavaScript in-browser Monero miner, while a third app, called Car Wallpaper HD: mercedes, ferrari, bow and audi, includes a malicious version of the legitimate cpuminer library.
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