Coinhive Cryptojacker Deployed on YouTube via Google Ads | #CyberSecurity #CryptoCurrency #CryptoJacking #Awareness  | ICT Security-Sécurité PC et Internet | Scoop.it

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.

 

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