Bitcoin-Mining Trojan Spreads Through Skype

A new Skype-based malware program is using victims’ computers to mine for bitcoins, according to a Kaspersky Labs report. 

Finextra notes that the scam sends victims a message encouraging them to downloading a picture, which instead sends a virus form a server in India. Most victims are coming from Italy, Russia, Poland, Costa Rica, Spain, Germany and Ukraine.

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