Given the recent tanking of bitcoin value in the open market, you might think that the criminal exploitation of private computers for coin mining might start to slow, but I guess the cyber bad guys in the world need to compensate for their value loses and mine new coins.

This article from the great team over at InfoSecurity is a great overview. Enjoy and beware!

https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/microsoft-botnet-variant-windows/