Monero.Cryptocurrency.Miner

Description

This indicates an attempt to use a Monero Cryptocurrency miner.
Monero (XMR) is an open-source cryptocurrency created in April 2014. It's very similar to Bitcoin. As of 2017, Monero is the 6th most traded cryptocurrency, with a market-cap of over $300,000,000.
Please note Monero Cryptocurrency miners are often embedded in malware and used for botnet mining.

Affected Products

Monero Cryptocurrency Miner

Impact

Network resource consumption

Technology

Browser-Based, Network-Protocol, Client-Server, Peer-to-Peer, Cloud-Based, Mobile-Device

Behavior

• Excessive-Bandwidth

Default Ports

• TCP/80
• TCP/443
• UDP/443

References

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monero_(cryptocurrency)
• https://github.com/fireice-uk/xmr-stak-cpu