Apr 26, 2021 11:00 EDT with 0 comments Cryptocurrencies are dominating the headlines once again for various reasons, including retailers offering support for payment methods based on the technology. This increase in public interest in cryptocurrency also opens a new avenue, namely cryptojacking, for malicious actors. Today, Microsoft and Intel have jointly announced new capabilities in Microsoft Defender to detect cryptomining using the latter's Threat Detection Technology (TDT). For those unaware, cryptojacking is a malicious practice in which attackers install malware on host devices, which then either uses the computer's resources to mine for cryptocurrencies - resulting in a performance hit - or steals cryptocurrency wallets. In some cases, this malware also acts as a worm and spreads to other endpoints on the network.