After taking over the domains for the notorious Coinhive in-browsing Monero mining service, a researcher is now displaying alerts on hacked websites that are still injecting the mining service's ...

There’s something new to add to your fun mental list of invisible internet dangers. Joining classic favorites like adware and spyware comes a new, tricky threat called “cryptojacking,” which secretly ...

CoinHive.com is a service that allows web sites and browser extension to use your web browser to mine for digital currencies. While your browse is used for mining, it could cause your CPU utilization ...

Despite a crash that saw the price of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies plummet, the fever is not dead. Look no further than the race for computing power, which is reaching new and bizarre heights.

New academic research has discovered that embedded cryptocurrecy miner CoinHive is generating $250,000 worth of Monero every month – most of it going to just 10 individuals. The research, released by ...

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Though it seemed all but dead, browser-based cryptocurrency mining is back—a revenant that has begun haunting websites and their visitors. It’s not just back in a small way: Browser-based ...

Researchers have discovered a new technique that lets hackers and unscrupulous websites perform in-browser, drive-by cryptomining even after a user has closed the window for the offending site. Over ...