Cybersecurity firm Kaspersky: Hackers blackmail YouTuber for promoting crypto mining Trojan

On March 12th, cybersecurity company Kaspersky discovered hackers threatening YouTube content creators with copyright complaints, forcing them to add the SilentCryptoMiner encryption mining Trojan in the video descriptions. This malicious software is based on XMRig and is used to mine cryptocurrencies such as Ethereum, Ethereum Classic, Monero, Ravencoin, and controls a zombie network through the Bitcoin blockchain.