As the value of crypto-currency has grown over the course of 2017, so too have the methods used by hackers to get un-authorized mining code running on end-user systems. The latest method was disclosed by security firm Trend Micro, which issued a warning about a campaign that abuses Facebook Messenger to help deliver and control a crypto-currency miner to victim systems.

Trend Micro has dubbed the crypto-currency miner campaign “Digmine” and has reported that the attack was active in several regions around the world including South Korea, Ukraine, Philippines, Thailand and Venezuela.

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