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Cryptojacking: Bitcoin Malware with Estaban Vargas
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Manage episode 229161105 series 1435652
Malware is malicious software that makes money for the creator of that software. Malware can appear onto a user’s computer if that user visits a malicious website or installs malicious software by accident.
There are many types of malware. Spyware sits on your machine and logs your data in order to sell it. Ransomware can lock your computer and demand that you pay money to unlock it. Adware serves you popup ads that you don’t want to see.
Cryptojacking is a newer form of malware. Cryptojacking software uses your computer to mine Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Cryptojacking can occur when you visit a website that is running JavaScript that is executing along with the rest of the webpage. When you visit a website with a cryptojacker, your computer will become slower, because your CPU is being taken over to mine cryptocurrency.
Cryptojacking can occur anywhere that code runs–and there is a lot of code running on cloud providers.
Cloud providers themselves are very secure. But a cloud provider cannot force its customers to be secure. Users who host an insecure application on a cloud provider may get infected with a cryptojacker. If I host a large, complex website on a cloud provider, and I’m serving millions of users, I’m already paying a lot in cloud costs. But when my application gets infected with a cryptojacker, my costs could shoot up. And if I don’t know why my costs are increasing, I might leave the cloud provider.
Estaban Vargas is the co-founder of SafeTalpa, a company that provides defense against cryptojackers. Estaban joins the show to explain how cryptojackers work and why cloud providers have trouble defending against them.
The post Cryptojacking: Bitcoin Malware with Estaban Vargas appeared first on Software Engineering Daily.
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저장한 시리즈 ("피드 비활성화" status)
When? This feed was archived on February 23, 2022 05:08 (). Last successful fetch was on November 25, 2021 01:18 ()
Why? 피드 비활성화 status. 잠시 서버에 문제가 발생해 팟캐스트를 불러오지 못합니다.
What now? You might be able to find a more up-to-date version using the search function. This series will no longer be checked for updates. If you believe this to be in error, please check if the publisher's feed link below is valid and contact support to request the feed be restored or if you have any other concerns about this.
Manage episode 229161105 series 1435652
Malware is malicious software that makes money for the creator of that software. Malware can appear onto a user’s computer if that user visits a malicious website or installs malicious software by accident.
There are many types of malware. Spyware sits on your machine and logs your data in order to sell it. Ransomware can lock your computer and demand that you pay money to unlock it. Adware serves you popup ads that you don’t want to see.
Cryptojacking is a newer form of malware. Cryptojacking software uses your computer to mine Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Cryptojacking can occur when you visit a website that is running JavaScript that is executing along with the rest of the webpage. When you visit a website with a cryptojacker, your computer will become slower, because your CPU is being taken over to mine cryptocurrency.
Cryptojacking can occur anywhere that code runs–and there is a lot of code running on cloud providers.
Cloud providers themselves are very secure. But a cloud provider cannot force its customers to be secure. Users who host an insecure application on a cloud provider may get infected with a cryptojacker. If I host a large, complex website on a cloud provider, and I’m serving millions of users, I’m already paying a lot in cloud costs. But when my application gets infected with a cryptojacker, my costs could shoot up. And if I don’t know why my costs are increasing, I might leave the cloud provider.
Estaban Vargas is the co-founder of SafeTalpa, a company that provides defense against cryptojackers. Estaban joins the show to explain how cryptojackers work and why cloud providers have trouble defending against them.
The post Cryptojacking: Bitcoin Malware with Estaban Vargas appeared first on Software Engineering Daily.
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