Malicious actors take advantage of greedy Ethereum miners by trying to distribute malware where it hurts them the most: their precious GPU devices.
As reported by Tom's Hardware, the Nvidia GeForce RTX 30 and RTX A graphics cards come with some sort of limiter in an effort to make them less attractive to cryptocurrency miners.
However, it wasn't long before someone posted something called "Nvidia RTX LHR v2 Unlocker" on the web. It is advertised as a card BIOS tweak, a firmware change, which removes the performance cap for miners.
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In reality, this firmware update is nothing more than malware. The YouTube channel Red Panda Mining Live! tested the firmware and transmitted the full test. Among the many red flags the researchers spotted was that the program was sealed as created in 2009, not 2022.
On Twitter, Wccftech editor-in-chief Hassan Mujtaba said that all links to Github's asset download page had been removed "because this tool is apparently infused with malware," and called on miners to avoid downloading or use it in any capacity. , at its extremities.
Cryptocurrency miners not only polarize the crypto community, but also GPU manufacturers, politicians, environmental activists, lawmakers, and others. On the one hand, mining is the essential element to eliminate third parties in financial transactions, while miners are considered essential for the security of the Ethereum network. On the other hand, the growing popularity of mining makes it nearly impossible to get a powerful new graphics card, as all demand is consumed in an instant, pushing prices into the stratosphere.
Additionally, miners are often criticized for wasting large amounts of energy, leaving a large carbon footprint. Proponents of cryptocurrencies, on the other hand, claim that the energy spent on mining is insignificant, absorbing only a fraction of the excess energy that is wasted in the world.
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