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Wormable XMRig campaign leverages BYOVD and timed kill switch for stealth

  • Pierluigi Paganini--Securityaffairs.com
  • published date: 2026-02-23 18:36:09 UTC

A wormable cryptojacking campaign spreads via pirated software, using BYOVD and a time-based logic bomb to deploy a custom XMRig miner. Researchers uncovered a wormable cryptojacking campaign that spreads through pirated software bundles to deploy a custom XM…

Wormable XMRig campaign leverages BYOVD and timed kill switch for stealth Researchers uncovered a wormable cryptojacking campaign that spreads through pirated software bundles to deploy a custom XMR… [+4735 chars]