Fake Google Translate installed miners on 100,000 computers

A fake Google Translate app infected about 112,000 computers, causing them to mine Monero tokens (XMR).

The fake software pretended to be the most popular translator at the moment; thanks to this action, computers in more than 10 countries were affected. Viral software with miners has been infiltrating our computers since 2019.

And as studies show, such miners are often disguised as very popular applications, such as well-known antiviruses or, in our case, Google Translator.

Cybersecurity provider Check Point Software Technologies said that such miners r difficult to identify by origin because they have a delay in their code that allows them to start mining several weeks after the malware is downloaded.

The software mines Monero tokens quite cleverly, for this token is known for its anonymity and security. Although the cybersecurity company reported that a cryptocurrency miner called "Nitrokod" is based in Turkey and has infected computers in 11 countries.

Most interestingly, not only does such a program exist, but it went undetected for years before it could be identified.