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Opera’s New Browser Protects Users Against ‘Cryptojacking’ Attacks

by Carlos Terenzi | Jan 5, 2018 | Crypto Mining News | 0 comments | 13898 Views

One of the simplest ways of mining cryptocurrencies is using CPU or GPU power. There are different mining pools that offer this possibility for some users. But this power was also used and exploited by some hackers through different webpages. When a user was surfing a...

CoinHive Injections: What They are and How to Avoid Them

by Carlos Terenzi | Oct 31, 2017 | Bitcoin, Cloud Mining, Mining Hardware, Monero | 0 comments | 13390 Views

Coinhive is a software that can be installed in any website in order to earn Monero tokens. Using a JavaScript miner for the Monero Blockchain, users visiting a website can mine with the excess of CPU power. In this way, the webpage would not have to rely anymore in...