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Some Kodi add-ons are carrying cryptocurrency mining malware

Some Kodi add-ons are carrying cryptocurrency mining malware

September 13, 2018

Via: TechRadar
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If you use Kodi for your streaming needs, then it’s time to sit up and pay attention, because a number of add-ons for the media player have apparently been infected by cryptocurrency mining malware that affects Windows and Linux users.

This is according to a report spotted by ZDNet from security firm ESET, which points out the discovery of malicious code in (unspecified) add-ons from no less than three Kodi repositories: Bubbles, Gaia and XvBMC.

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