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Crypto Mining Service Coinhive to Call it Quits

February 27, 2019 admin A Little Sunshine, Bad Packets LLC, Badges2Go UG, coinhive, coinmarketcap.com, Dominic Szablewski, monero, Ne'er-Do-Well News, Troy Mursch

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2019 23:19:28 +0000

Roughly one year ago, KrebsOnSecurity published a lengthy investigation into the individuals behind Coinhive[.]com, a cryptocurrency mining service that has been heavily abused to force hacked Web sites to mine virtual currency. On Tuesday, Coinhive announced plans to pull the plug on the project early next month.

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Who and What Is Coinhive?

March 26, 2018 admin A Little Sunshine, Andre Krumb, AuthedMine, Badges2Go UG, Blackberry, Blockchain Future, Browsealoud, cha0s, coinhive, Die Welt, Dominic Szablewski, Dustweb Inc., Eroxell Limited, Eroxell Ltd, g4m8l3r, Gamb, int13h, JavaScript, Lars-Marten Nagel, Malwarebytes, Mattias Moench, Politifact, pr0gramm, pr0miner, publicwww, Reinhard Fuerstberger, SHOWTIME, Starbucks, Suntainment SL, Sylvia Klein, The Los Angeles Times, Troy Mursch, UA-571256, Who is Coinhive?, Youtube

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2018 12:12:31 +0000

Multiple security firms recently identified cryptocurrency mining service Coinhive as the top malicious threat to Web users, thanks to the tendency for Coinhive’s computer code to be used on hacked Web sites to steal the processing power of its visitors’ devices. This post looks at how Coinhive vaulted to the top of the threat list less than a year after its debut, and explores clues about the possible identities of the individuals behind the service.