CPUminer.Cryptocurrency.Miner

Description

This indicates an attempt to access CPUminer.
CPUminer is a multi-threaded CPU miner for Litecoin, Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
Please note CPUminer is often embedded in malware and used for botnet mining.

Affected Products

CPUminer

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/8332

References

• http://sourceforge.net/projects/cpuminer/