> Use of XMRig Cryptominer by Threat Actors Expanding: Expel
[AUTHOR: Jeffrey Burt]
[DATE: 09/01/2026 17:04]
[LANGUAGE: EN]
Security researchers last year wrote about a surge in the use by threat actors of the legitimate XMRig cryptominer, and cybersecurity firm Expel is now outlining the widening number of malicious ways they're deploying the open-source tool against corporate IT operations.
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