If your Android phone runs hot, slow and has poor battery life, it could be a cryptojacking victim

If your Android phone is lagging, losing battery life too quickly, or is overheating often, it might have been hijacked by a cryptocurrency miner. These are the guys and gals who are figuring out complex problems to earn a new Bitcoin, or one of several other virtual currencies. These mathematical problems, used to verify cryptocurrency transactions, require serious processing power, more than what is available from a single smartphone.

So the latest scam involves cryptocurrency miners taking control of multiple Android smartphones and linking their processing power. ...