CoinHive is Closing its Doors Ahead of Upcoming Monero Hard Fork
The bear market of 2018 has caused a lot of problems for most cryptocurrency companies in the long run. As the value of Bitcoin and all altcoins, tokens, and …
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UNICEF Turns to Crypto Mining to Raise Funds for its Humanitarian Causes
May 2, 2018
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Do you want to support UNICEF’s goal of making the world a better place for less fortunate kids? Turns out now you can, just by visiting a website and volunteering your …
Malicious Crypto Mining Continues to Evolve and Evade Ad Blockers
Anyone who has kept an eye on the cryptocurrency industry will know that malicious crypto mining is becoming a very real problem. We are not just talking about cryptojacking …
Argentinian Starbucks Rewards Site Mined Monero Using Visitors’ Computers
We have seen a lot of companies use browser-embedded mining scripts to piggyback on visitors’ user resources. In virtually every case, such scripts are used to mine Monero, a …
In-Browser Mining Script Provider CoinHive Suffers Major DNS Hijack
As most readers are aware, there has been a lot of discussion regarding CoinHive as of late. This particular mining script has made the rounds all over the internet …