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New Mac OS Trojan Produces BitCoins

Posted by Unknown on from the why-is-my-computer-on-fire dept.

angry tapir writes about an interesting use for malware. From the Techworld article: "A newly identified Mac OS X Trojan bundles a component that leverages the processing power of video cards to generate Bitcoins, a popular type of virtual currency. The new Trojan was dubbed DevilRobber by antivirus vendors and is being distributed together with several software applications via BitTorrent sites."

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  1. Re:Follow the Trail by Rinisari · · Score: 4, Informative

    It's not perfect anonymity, but there are ways to stay safer by using multiple BTC addresses and such.

    https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Anonymity

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    Colin Dean Go a year without DRM