https://hnimn.art/tags/threat-model/ Recent content in Threat-Model on Minh Tran Hugo en-us Sun, 25 Jul 2021 17:00:00 +0700 https://hnimn.art/posts/the-economics-that-make-cryptojacking-work/ Sun, 25 Jul 2021 17:00:00 +0700 https://hnimn.art/posts/the-economics-that-make-cryptojacking-work/ Renting GPUs to mine has a return-on-investment calculation that usually says no. Removing the cost line from that calculation is what turns a miner into malware, and it explains why GPU credentials are worth stealing. The shape of the argument, without the numbers, which I never wrote down.