Leading cybersecurity unit Kaspersky Labs has warned hackers are “reprofiling” the world’s most well-known botnets en masse in order to spread their cryptocurrency mining malware as widely as possible. Researchers also declare the legislative control flexed by world governments does little to curtail cryptojackers, as hidden mining malware is commonly found in places where cryptocurrency like Bitcoin is outright illegal. A new security bulletin shows 2018’s significant decrease in Bitcoin price and investor interest hasn’t really correlated with a collapse in cryptojacking incidents. September sees cryptojacking uptick While the number of unique users attacked by miners has certainly fallen from the market-fever earlier this…

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