Malware attacks have decreased by 79% since 2019: report

Research reports have revealed in the media that the likelihood that crypto-currency miners are targeting a user's browser has dropped significantly.

Malwarebytes, the leading provider of anti-malware solutions, has released statistics indicating a decrease in the number of recorded complaints against a mining encryption attack on a global scale. Most recent data shows that these attacks have decreased by about 79% (79%) since last year.

The main reason for this reduction in malware attacks is the disappearance of CoinHive, the largest provider of cryptographic software in February 2019.

The report stated that the CoinHive software had been generated by a simple script that users could install and use with their website.

If a web browser identified and executed the preprogrammed script, the minor would secretly gain access to the user's processor resources and would be able to exploit Monero, the cryptocurrency-based privacy.

Malware developers have released software that attempts to prevent the use of these extraction scripts by preventing the minor from accessing the user's browser. Many browsers now have built-in protection against such attacks.

According to a researcher employed by the company Malwarebytes, the frequency of mining attacks has increased from tens of millions every day to about two million.

The mining software launched by CoinHive in 2017 has become very popular and has been used by countless people and organizations around the world to exploit the digital motto.

CoinHive management said the company would close in the first quarter of this year as it did not make enough profits.

Despite the news regarding a decrease in the number of attacks by malicious digital currency extraction programs, it has been revealed that many programs similar in nature to CoinHive have been launched.