Nearly 1,000 Websites Found Running Cryptomining Code That Hijacks Computers
The number of websites injecting visitors’ computers with JavaScript code that is used to mine for cryptocurrency is rapidly growing, according to new research detecting nearly 1,000 sites now partaking in the practice.
Security firm RiskIQ Inc. today said it made the discovery, finding 991 domains using code from Coin Hive. That company provides the service that sees the computing resources of website visitors used to mine for Monero, a cryptocurrency that competes with bitcoin and Ethereum.
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