Within days of Microsoft announcing that they are introducing custom JavaScript equations in Excel, a security researcher has developed a way to use this method to load the CoinHive in-browser ...

Google removed the apps after being alerted to their hidden mining capabilities. The JavaScript miner runs inside the app's built-in browser but it gives no indication to the user that the miner ...

Researchers say cyrptojackers are bypassing ad-blocking software in an attempt to run in-browser cyrptocurrency miner Coinhive.

Reports are that Pirate Bay has added a Javascript-powered Monero CryptoNote miner to its website. The specific Monero mining software that has been added to the site is Coinhive.

The Pirate Bay surprised many of its users when it quietly added a JavaScript-based cryptocurrency miner to its website.

The JavaScript code is a modified version of MineCrunch (also known as Web Miner), a script released in 2014 that can mine cryptocurrencies using JavaScript code executed inside the browser.

The Pirate Bay gave no warning to users before running a "test" that embedded JavaScript to run a cryptocurrency miner that hogged CPU resources.

Coinhive responded to criticisms about lack of transparency by releasing a new version of its JavaScript miner called AuthedMine. Instead of running automatically and invisibly, AuthedMine takes ...

Cryptocurrency mining has been used by cybercriminals to make a quick and easy profit while corrupting the victim’s machine in the process.

ShadowCaptcha exploits 100+ WordPress sites since Aug 2025, spreading ransomware, stealers, and miners worldwide.