As the value of virtual currencies rise, cyber-criminals are also increasingly turning to cryptocurrency mining for a quick buck and if you live in the Asia Pacific, your chances of encountering such an attack are higher than the global average, tech giant Microsoft has found.
According to a report by the American firm, from January to December 2018, the cryptocurrency mining malware encounter rate in Asia Pacific was nearly 1.2 times (17 per cent) higher than the global average.
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