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How to protect from Cyptojacking ?

What is Cryptojacking ? Cryptojacking is one of the fastest-growing cybercrime globally and the resulting theft of cryptocurrency is incalculable at this time where your computer or other device (smartphones, IoT devices, and servers have also fallen victim) are infected with malware in the form of mining botnets. They feed off your CPU (central processing unit) to mine cryptocurrency – in many cases, without your knowledge HOW IT WORKS ? Mining botnets use your device’s power to mine cryptocurrency, usually Monero. There are already thousands of websites infected with mining malware. If you happen upon one of them, you may notice your computer suddenly running very slowly. In this case, the easiest way out is to simply close your browser. It downloads the vicious code onto your machine that really causes a problem. This is much easier to do that than you might think. For example, a free movies from a content platform like Torrent may have hidden code inside. Another op...