Litecoin targeted by trojan malware
ESET, a security firm, has published a report showing that there is a piece of malware aimed at stealing Litecoin wallet files. ESET says that the Trojan, named MSIL/PSW. LiteCoin. A, is not widespread just now, and extremely unsophisticated. The report suggests that this malware or others like it could become more prevalent if Litecoin enjoys a wider adoption and popularity. Bitcoin has already been the target of malware attacks. For example, Win32/Delf.QCZ will, among other things, install bitcoin mining software on the target computer, and have it join a network of zombified mining PCs.....
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