If you are using cryptocurrency mining app. You might have been hacked.

Are you using a crypto mining app in your mobile phone, if you are using then please be safe because many cryptojacking apps are out there. If you are using crypto mining app and you don't know what is cryptojacking and how it can damage your device then please read this. So, all the cryptocurrency mining apps are not bad but some apps are dangerous when you install these apps, these apps will start using your device's processing power and your device starts lagging,overheating and losing battery life too quickly. When all these things are start happing in your phone and you have a non-official cryptocurrency mining app in your phone, You might have been hijacked by a cryptocurrency mining app.

These apps are controled by some guys who want to mine cryptocurrency. When any cryptocurrency transactions happens it require to figuring out the complex mathematical problems for verify the transactions, These mathematical problems will must solve for a successful cryptocurrency transactions. For figuring out these complex mathematical problems you need a serious processing power, More than a single smart phone's processing power. When you install these apps these apps will start using your device's processing power and the owner of the app will mine cryptocurrency.

These malicious softwares are also come with some games and other apps. Recently a big scam has discoverd by IT security firm ESET. They discoverd that Bug Swasher a game loaded grom the play store have malicious softwares. And the game was mining cryptocurrency without the knowledge of those who installed the game. These things are called cryptojacking. Cryptojacking will damage your device seriously or permanently. To be safe from these types of cryptojacking you have to use the latest version of your OS and you need to install an anti-virus on your device and never install any app from unofficial sites.

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