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Sead Fadilpašić

This devious malware can turn off your security protection without you even realizing — and then download a load of cryptominers

Antivirus software.

Hackers have found a way to install cryptominers on your devices, even if you have an antivirus program installed. 

The campaign was recently discovered by cybersecurity researchers from Elastic Security Labs and Antiy, who named it REF4578, but weren’t able to attribute it to any specific, or known, threat actor. 

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