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Analyzing Malware Code That Cryptojacks System To Mine For Monero Crypto

Fortinet News, January 31st, 2023

FortiGuard Labs recently captured Excel documents in the Microsoft OLE Compound File format that contain malicious VBA Macros.

Their file names are Pago_detalles.xls, makbuzu.xls, and Pago.xls. I then conducted deep research on them and found that they all belong to the same malicious campaign that cryptojacks systems to mine for Monero (XMR) cryptocurrency.

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