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A deep look at JavaScript-based cryptocurrency mining service Coinhive, a cryptojacking tool used to steal processing power of users' devices for mining Monero

Multiple security firms recently identified cryptocurrency mining service Coinhive as the top malicious threat to Web users … Tweets: @briankrebs , @briankrebs , and @marloegroup Tweets: @briankrebs : German image board and Coinhive incubator pr0gramm[dot]com (NSFW/NSFL) spent the day banning members who posted a link to my story about them http://krebsonsecurity.com/... @briankrebs : when Coinhive does respond to abuse complaints, it does so by invalidating the key tied to the abuse. But according to Troy Mursch (@bad_packets) once a key is invalidated Coinhive keeps 100% of the cryptocurrency mined by sites tied to that account https://krebsonsecurity.com/ ... Robert Castro / @marloegroup : Multiple security firms recently identified cryptocurrency mining service Coinhive as the top malicious threat to Web users http://twitter.com/...

Krebs on Security Brian Krebs