by antaviana 4 days ago
Crypto has single handedly created a very large malware industry and has also made information security a massive industry.
Ban crypto and both industries will become way, way smaller.
Might as well eliminate the attack surface entirely, and ban computing.
In a way yes that’s how enterprise endpoint software works.
No, data exfiltration is just as lucrative as crypto.
We are unfortunately long past the point where viruses would frequently be merely annoying.
How do you pay for data exfiltration ransoms or to purchase stolen data? My take is that if you remove crypto, you will hamper greatly these transactions.
Just about every exploited site I've had to deal with has been some form of crypto miner.
Sure, because there's no reason not to, and because crypto mining is noisier than data exfiltration.
That doesn't mean it's the most lucrative revenue stream.