Nasty New Malware

[alimac]

Hackers have found a way to install cryptominers on your devices, even if you have an antivirus program installed.

The campaign was recently discovered by cybersecurity researchers from Elastic Security Labs and Antiy, who named it REF4578, but weren’t able to attribute it to any specific, or known, threat actor.

This devious malware can turn off your security protection without you even realizing — and then download a load of cryptominers

More detailed article.
Researchers spot cryptojacking attack that disables endpoint protections

This has more info
Invisible miners: unveiling GHOSTENGINE’s crypto mining operations — Elastic Security Labs

 

[Raart]

I'll far from doing IT religion wars, but don't you think that a platform consistently plagued by issues, bugs, vulnerabilities, etc., for +30 years should simply not be bought, installed nor used?
It is simply a question of quality as for every other product in the everyday life.