Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:
Thanks to the ridiculous valuation of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, cryptomining code has become a common mechanism for converting authorized and stolen computing cycles into potential cash.
Antivirus and ad-blocker makers have responded by trying to halt crafty coin-crafting code from hijacking CPU time, particularly in browsers.
For those interested in violating computer laws – please, don't – and those interested in computer security research projects, a developer named Arnau, based in Spain, has published a proof-of-concept walkthrough for hacking public Wi-Fi networks to inject crypto-mining code in connected browsing sessions.
[...] As Arnau explained, the attack – demonstrated on a VirtualBox set up rather than in the wild – can be automated. The published version doesn't work with requests for HTTPS webpages, though the addition of sslstrip could solve that.
The code, mostly Python, is available on GitHub. ®
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 08 2018, @07:04AM (1 child)
Why is it always JavaScript?!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 08 2018, @12:05PM
Because Steve Jobs wouldn't allow Flash on iOS. It's been in decline ever since.