A malware tool for stealthily installing software that mines the Monero virtual currency looks like the handiwork of North Korean threat actors, AlienVault says.
A security vendor has found another clue that North Korea may be turning to illegal cryptocurrency mining as a way to bring cash into the nation’s economy amid tightening international sanctions.
AlienVault on Monday said it had recently discovered malware that is designed to stealthily install a miner for Monero, a Bitcoin-like cryptocurrency, on end-user systems and to send any mined coins to the Kim Il Sung University (KSU) in Pyongyang.
