New Crypto Mining Malware Beapy Uses Leaked NSA Hacking Tools: Symantec Research

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Published Apr 25, 2019 08:36AM ET

New Crypto Mining Malware Beapy Uses Leaked NSA Hacking Tools: Symantec Research

American software security firm Symantec (NASDAQ:SYMC) found a spike in a new crypto mining malware that mainly targets enterprises, TechCrunch reports on April 25.

The new cryptojacking malware, dubbed Beapy, uses the leaked United States National Security Agency (NSA) hacking tools to spread throughout corporate networks to generate big sums of money from a large amount of computers, the report notes.

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