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Malware that mines cryptocurrencies has become a popular way to earn money and is a viable alternative to ransomware. Users Cybercriminals have turned to utilizing a variety of tools and strategies aimed to target cryptocurrency exchange customers, steal their money, or steal their personal information. are tricked into giving their login information to the attackers by visiting websites that appear to be "authentic" or trustworthy. An attacker can take application programming interface (API) keys from the trading platform in addition to money to build bots to make fraudulent trades or to take money out of an account.