Re: Half of the airport’s workstations infected with a crypto mining software
There is a cybersecurity firm that published a blog post claiming they figured over 50% of the airports workstations were riddled with a crypto mining software despite the fact the workstations have 'industry-standard' antivirus and were not able to detect it. I wonder how many others are actually targeted like this one.
I am sure that there many more facilities serving the public whose computer system are infected with mining malware taking advantage of free infrastructure and free power to gain something. This is akin to producing money out of thin air as the mining malware is just piggy-backing the existing workstations. Now, there a need for a more sophisticated detection system so that nay attempt to do free mining can be monitored and thwarted. This is definitely unacceptable and can pose some security risks.
They are probably mining XMR. There's a LOT of places with crypto mining softwares installed without permission, like Schools, big companies, datacenters, research facilities etc. This is not good for our crypto world, it's illegal
Yes, this thing should not be tolerated. I think all facilities public and private should now start monitoring and tracking their own system for possible infection of the mining malware. The big problem is when it is an inside job and there is no one looking closely at the IT department. This is why there should be a good software that can easily recognized this malady.
Illegal and also inevitable in the context of CPU mining. Botnets were mining Bitcoin in the early days too! The only reason they don't now is because of the progression of specialized/ASIC mining. If Monero didn't implement regular hard forks to stave off ASIC mining, this phenomenon would be mitigated. I guess that's the price we pay for ASIC resistance! 
CPU mining can actually be a good opportunity for us to participate with as long as we are not doing illegally by just using those computers we legally own and connected with. However, for the sake of solving this problem, I agree that Monera must update via forks their platform. We can not allow this thing to continue.