Ezinyangeni ezingu-12 ezedlule, inani labasebenzisi abafakwe yi-software yezimayini ezifihlekile zokukhishwa kwe-cryptocurrencies lenyuka ngo-44% futhi bafinyelele kubantu abayizigidi ezingu-2.7. Izinombolo ezinjalo ziqukethwe umbiko we-Kaspersky Lab.
Ngokusho kwenkampani, izinhloso zokuhlaselwa kwe-crypto-miner akuzona ama-PC kuphela ama-desktop, kodwa futhi namafoni ahlakaniphile. Ngonyaka we-2017-2018, i-malware ekhishwa ngokukhishwa kwe-cryptocurrencies itholakale kumadivayisi eselula ayizinkulungwane ezinhlanu. Unyaka ngaphambi kwamagajethi agciwane, abasebenzi baseLaspersky Lab babalwa ngamaphesenti angama-11%.
Inombolo yokuhlaselwa okuhloswe ngezimayini ezingekho emthethweni ye-cryptocurrency ikhula ngokungemuva kokunciphisa ukusabalalisa kwezinhlelo ze-ransomware. Ngokusho kochwepheshe be-anti-virus we-Kaspersky Lab Evgeny Lopatin, lezo zinguquko zibangelwa lula kakhulu kokusebenza kwabasebenzi bezimayini kanye nokuzinza kwemali engenayo.
Ngaphambilini, i-Avast yenkampani ithole ukuthi abaseRussia abesabi ukwesaba ngokumbiwa kwemfihlakalo emakhompyutheni abo. Abasebenzisi abangu-40% abasebenzisa i-intanethi bacabangi ngengozi yokutheleleka kwabavukuzi nhlobo, kanti abangu-32% bayaqiniseka ukuthi abakwazi ukuba yizisulu zokuhlaselwa okunjalo, ngoba abahlanganyeli ekufakweni kwe-cryptocurrencies.
