Is crypto mining on your phone safe?

In the United States, researchers have found another crypto-mining malware that is so demanding of phone processors, its causing them to implode . Loapi, a newly-discovered Trojan crypto-miner, can cause phone batteries to swell up and burst open the device’s back cover, and has been found in up to 20 mobile apps.

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Is crypto mining a virus?

Cryptomining malware, or ‘cryptojacking,’ is a malware attack that co-opts the target’s computing resources in order to mine cryptocurrencies like bitcoin . This malware uses a systems CPU and sometimes GPU to perform complex mathematical calculations that result in long alphanumeric strings called hashes.

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