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Around half of the websites that use WebAssembly, a new web technology, use it for malicious purposes, according to academic research published last year.
WebAssembly is a low-level bytecode language that was created after a joint collaboration between all major browser vendors.
[...] However, while the vast majority of samples were used for legitimate purposes, two categories of Wasm code stood out as inherently malicious.
The first category was WebAssembly code used for cryptocurrency-mining. These types of Wasm modules were often found on hacked sites, part of so-called cryptojacking (drive-by mining) attacks.
The second category referred to WebAssembly code packed inside obfuscated Wasm modules that intentionally hid their content. These modules, the research team said, were found [as] part of malvertising campaigns.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 10 2020, @05:16AM (2 children)
According to you, 90% of JavaScript is used for malicious purposes and the other 10% for dumb purposes. Yet you're using a site, SoylentNews, that uses JavaScript. Is SoylentNews using JavaScript for malicious or dumb purposes? Inquiring minds (far smarter than yours) want to know!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 10 2020, @11:27AM
SN works fine without javascript.
(Score: 5, Informative) by janrinok on Friday January 10 2020, @12:29PM
I have js blocked on my computers - but you may have noticed that I spend quite a bit of time here. Javascript is most certainly not required.