Trojan Alert: Gold Rush
New Trojan, Gold Rush, installs Bitcoin mining software and uses your CPU cycles in it's own mining pool. This will drain your system resources, as some botnet commander gets rich. Thankfully the pool mining clients recognized the botnet-like actions, and were able to block each infected host before they mined more than 1BTC. Although that is still a considerable amount of work, so it is my prediction this type botnet (as far as Bitcoin crime in general) will only become more prolific, rather than go away. Secure yourself readers. Watch your wallet!