The Internet Is Rife With In-Browser Miners and It's Getting Worse Each Day

From Bleepingcomputer

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Ever since mid-September, when Coinhive launched and the whole cryptojacking frenzy started, the Internet has gone crazy with in-browser cryptocurrency miners, and new sites that offer similar services are popping up on a weekly basis.

While one might argue that mining Monero in a site's background is an acceptable alternative to viewing intrusive ads, almost none of these services that have recently appeared provide a way to let users know what's happening, let alone a way to stop mining behavior.

In other words, most are behaving like malware, intruding on users' computers and using resources without permission.

Coinhive clones everywhere!
We've already covered Coinhive's impact on the malware scene and its quick adoption by malware authors in a separate report. Since then, we also reported on Crypto-Loot, the first Coinhive clone to pop up online.

Since our last reports on Coinhive and Crypto-Loot, respectively, the in-browser cryptocurrency mining market has become incredibly crowded.

Bleeping Computer spotted two new services named MineMyTraffic and JSEcoin, while security researcher Troy Mursch also spotted Coin Have and PPoi, a Coinhive clone for Chinese users.

Read more: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/the-internet-is-rife-with-in-browser-miners-and-its-getting-worse-each-day/

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I said it before, it's just a matter of time before the browsers or ad blocker extensions block these.

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