To make it all happen, the actors behind Kitty have used an open-source mining software for browsers called “webminerpool” to first write a bash script – in the form of a PHP file called ...

According to a tweet by Microsoft Security Intelligence on Jan. 31, hackers are hiding malicious html code containing a cryptojacking script in desktop wallpaper of the NBA all-time great.

Mining bitcoins requires huge amounts of computing power and requires specialized hardware available in large data centers. On the other hand, Monero, which was launched in 2014, can be mined with ...

In-Browser mining page pretends to be a Cloudflare verification page While most people won't actually view the site being opened in a normal browser window, of course I took a look.

To become profitable, a website using web-based cryptojacking scripts would need to keep a user on its pages for more than 5.53 minutes, researchers said. In-browser mining slows downs PCs But ...

One of 2017's least helpful trends, for pretty much any definition of helpful, was the rise of so-called "cryptojacking" extensions and scripts. There was some hope, early on, that mining a ...

Cybersecurity analysts ranked supposedly neutral Monero-mining script CoinHive the number one malware threat for the 13th month in a row.

The script mentions “CoinHive,” an in-browser miner for monero (XMR) cryptocurrency that proved popular with hackers. CoinHive, however, shut down all operations in March 2019. Source: Microsoft This ...