Security News > 2018 > May > How an URL shortener allows malicious actors to hijack visitors’ CPU power

URL shorteners are often used by malware peddlers and attackers to trick users into following a link they otherwise wouldn’t. But Coinhive’s URL shortener carries an added danger: your CPU power can be surreptitiously hijacked to mine Monero. About the cnhv.co URL shortener “If you have an URL you’d like to forward your users to, you can create a cnhv.co shortlink to it. The user has to solves a number of hashes (adjustable by you) … More → The post How an URL shortener allows malicious actors to hijack visitors’ CPU power appeared first on Help Net Security.

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