While bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies experienced a resurgence late last year, security researchers at Avira Protection Labs have observed a dramatic increase in the number of coinminer malware attacks. Coinminer malware attacks increased 53% in Q2020 XNUMX compared to the number of attacks observed in QXNUMX. However, Avira's research team believes that this increase in coinminer malware activity has directly coincided with the rapid rise in the price of bitcoin as cybercriminals seek to capitalize on renewed consumer interest in cryptocurrencies. -change. The director of Avira Protection Laboratories, Alexander Vukcevic, provided insight into this trend in a press release, saying: "The rapid increase in the amount of malware per miner suggests that malware authors are taking advantage of the price trend in in recent months and are distributing more and more malware that aims to exploit other people's computing resources for malicious purposes. illegal mining activities. This correlation is not surprising, but it worries legitimate minors and investors."