telegram founder crypto mining malware attack isn't due to app flaw it's due to user failure to not download malware from the telegram map telegram users are the smartest people in the world said no one ever Russian cyber security firm at Kaspersky Lab reported today that they vulnerability in telegrams messaging app had been exploited to turn desktop computers into unwitting a crypto miners it claimed that the firm's a founder is pushing back against the cyber attacks were uncovered by Kaspersky Lab a global cyber security software provider who reports on the covert mining operations that have been underway since March of 2017 Kaspersky said that the attacks were possible because of a zero-day vulnerability quote we have found several scenarios of this zero zero day exploitation that besides general malware and spyware was used to deliver mining software such infections have become a global trend that we have seen throughout all of last year Aleksey first a Kaspersky Lab analyst said in a statement today yet pavel durov who founded the popular messaging app has taken to his own telegram channel well played in order to downplay the report as always reports from antivirus companies must be taken with a grain of salt as they tend to exaggerate the severity of their findings to get publicity in mass media he said he went on to claim that what Kaspersky Labs had under had uncovered was not a quote real vulnerability on a telegram desktop and that crypt cyber criminals could not access users computers without them first opening the malicious file so don't worry he soti told the channel unless you've opened the malicious file you always been safe or have you probably just downloading telegram app period opens up opens you up to a lot of different malware because telegram is not notoriously a safe place cyber criminals reportedly used the malware to garner up Manero easy cash and a phantom coin among other crypto currencies / Kaspersky's report the firm says evidence indicates that the malware has Russian origins hmm Pavel Durov have you been loading malware into your own a telegram system probably not the firm says that evidence indicates that the malware has Ruffin Russian origins and notes that in some case it is used as a back door through which hackers can silently control a computer in the course of analyzing malicious service Kaspersky's also said it found archives containing a telegram a local cache that had been stolen from victims hmm as a profits associated with mining have increased a mining malware has become more common coin desk reported yesterday that more than a four thousand UK websites including government sites had been infected with mining malware prompting the UK Information Commissioner's Office to take down its website we covered this the other day likewise another significant case last month it will discover that Google's double-click ad services were hijacked to distribute mining malware on prominent sites like YouTube this is this has to put additional pressure on developers to ensure user safety well guys there's a lot of there's a lot of things going on around a ton and telegrams of potential ICO coming up and I'm wondering whether this is gonna put a dent in it at all probably not as many speculators and people who are crazy about crypto and those massive gains are probably going to be jumping on that Tron or that ton rather did I say Tron ton telegram ICO in the future the question really is is it safe is it secure is it safe is it secure where's that from guys let me know in the Bitcoin not pub or the comments section below what you think about telegram and the future of telegram in 2018 moving up to these potential telegram a ton ICO and whether we're going to see more malware attacks when it comes to telegram guys I don't know why you download these things unless you're into those pumping dumps you let me know is there a better reason to download telegram & smash the like button for the best messaging app of all time you know that is it's called face-to-face communication I know it's novel idea