Motherboard writes about dodgy, javascript-using web sites which are throwing a little extra CPU load onto visitors and hoping they won't notice much.
Netlab 360's analysis suggests that in-browser cryptocurrency mining, which stormed back onto the world stage in 2017 after being dormant for several years (likely due to low cryptocurrency prices) via a torrent site is now chiefly the purview of porn sites. It's worth noting, too, that criminals have found some pretty creative ways to get people to mine cryptocurrency for them outside of website visits, including hacking an Argentine internet provider.
In-browser cryptocurrency mining has the potential to eat up your computer's resources and slow down your machine, making the trend of particular interest to cyber security researchers lately. Last year, Symantec predicted that in-browser mining would turn into an "arms race" in 2018 as malicious actors come up with even more inventive (and invasive) methods of mining digital coins with someone else's machine.
Source : Porn Sites Are Doing the Most Cryptocurrency Mining
(Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 09 2018, @11:25PM (2 children)
As a young man I looked at too much pr0n on the intertubes and went blind and rubbed a raw bit that scarred over so I have no need to look at the pr0ns these days.
(Score: 2) by Snow on Friday February 09 2018, @11:37PM (1 child)
I'm so sorry. That sounds terrible.
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 10 2018, @02:26PM
Eventually after many yearss I found a lady with bad enough eye sight that she would be my girlfriend and my wife. Now she looks at the pr0ns for me and tells me what's happening. And she kissed the sore bit better. All is not lost.