Some smart crooks found a way to insert and deliver the Coinhive in-browser miner inside ads delivered via the Google DoubleClick ad delivery platform.
Ads delivered this way made their way on countless sites, and even on Google's own property —YouTube.
A Trend Micro report released today claims the crooks behind this campaign started abusing Google's DoubleClick platform to deliver the Coinhive in-browser miner around January 18 and significantly ramped up operations on January 23.
Learn more / En savoir plus / Mehr erfahren:
https://www.scoop.it/t/securite-pc-et-internet/?&tag=Coinhive
https://www.scoop.it/t/securite-pc-et-internet/?&tag=crypto-currency
https://www.scoop.it/t/securite-pc-et-internet/?&tag=cryptojacking
Some smart crooks found a way to insert and deliver the Coinhive in-browser miner inside ads delivered via the Google DoubleClick ad delivery platform.
Ads delivered this way made their way on countless sites, and even on Google's own property —YouTube.
A Trend Micro report released today claims the crooks behind this campaign started abusing Google's DoubleClick platform to deliver the Coinhive in-browser miner around January 18 and significantly ramped up operations on January 23.
Learn more / En savoir plus / Mehr erfahren:
https://www.scoop.it/t/securite-pc-et-internet/?&tag=Coinhive
https://www.scoop.it/t/securite-pc-et-internet/?&tag=crypto-currency
https://www.scoop.it/t/securite-pc-et-internet/?&tag=cryptojacking