Scammers are targeting job seekers with a phishing campaign that installs a cryptominer onto victims’ devices. Victims receive a fraudulent email from fake recruiters suggesting they schedule a job interview. However, the supplied link redirects to a malicious website, causing a download of a ‘CRM application’, which is actually a Windows executable written in Rust. On execution, it downloads the XMRig cryptominer, hijacking the computer’s resources affecting performance, and potentially causing hardware damage.
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