Security News

Japanese Coinhive slinger slapped with suspended sentence
2018-07-06 15:54

Said to have netted only £34... A Japanese man has received a suspended sentence for using the Coinhive cryptominer in a failed attempt to turn an illicit profit.…

CoinHive URL Shortener Abused to Secretly Mine Cryptocurrency Using Hacked Sites
2018-07-04 08:18

Security researchers have been warning about a new malicious campaign that leverages an alternative scheme to mine cryptocurrencies without directly injecting the infamous CoinHive JavaScript into...

Coinhive Exposé Prompts Cancer Research Fundraiser
2018-03-30 17:55

A story published here this week revealed the real-life identity behind the original creator of Coinhive -- a controversial cryptocurrency mining service that several security firms have recently...

Who and What Is Coinhive?
2018-03-26 12:12

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...

Coinhive breached due to old, reused password
2017-10-25 17:58

Coinhive has suffered another setback: their DNS records have been surreptitiously changed by attackers, allowing them to steal cryptocurrency mined via the project’s script. What is Coinhive?...

Hacker Hijacks CoinHive's DNS to Mine Cryptocurrency Using Thousands of Websites
2017-10-24 23:42

When yesterday I was reporting about the sudden outbreak of another global ransomware attack 'Bad Rabbit,' I thought what could be worse than this? Then late last night I got my answer with a...