Quote:Illegal cryptocurrency mining (aka cryptojacking) security incidents have seen a 459% increase since 2017 according to an analysis by the Cyber Threat Alliance (CTA).

As discovered by CTA, the number of instances where unauthorized cryptocurrency mining was behind a detected security attack has seen a prodigious rise for both enterprise and home users.
No devices are safe seeing that anything from computers, internet-of-things (IoT) devices, web browsers, mobile devices, and even network infrastructure devices have been attacked and compromised by threat actors to be used as a processing power gold mine to mine for cryptocurrencies in the background.
"Combined data from several CTA members shows a 459 percent increase in illicit cryptocurrency mining malware detections since 2017, and recent quarterly trend reports from CTA members show that this rapid growth shows no signs of slowing down," says CTA's report.