Security researchers are concerned about the rise of cryptocurrency miners that are being embedded into websites and apps to use a device's resources without gaining permission. Security firm Trend ...

Malware authors are using JavaScript code delivered via malvertising campaigns to mine different cryptocurrencies inside people's browsers, without their knowledge. Crooks are currently deploying this ...

The Pirate Bay surprised many of its users when it added a JavaScript-based cryptocurrency miner to its website. On 16 September, users began posting on Reddit about how they’d seen a significant jump ...

TorrentFreak reports The Pirate Bay added the hidden cryptocurrency miner over the weekend. The JavaScript-based miner was integrated into the website’s footer. It worked silently in the background, ...

The Pirate Bay gave no warning to users before running a 'test' that embedded JavaScript to run a cryptocurrency miner that hogged CPU resources. For once, the Motion Picture Association of America ...

Researchers say cyrptojackers are bypassing ad-blocking software in an attempt to run in-browser cyrptocurrency miner Coinhive. Cryptojackers are getting resourceful and have figured out how to bypass ...

Udpate, 9/17/17: It turns out the actual cryptocurrency being mined by TPB is actually Monero. As such this article has been updated. The Pirate Bay made its name as the site to go to if you want to ...

A cryptocurrency miner surfaced on The Pirate Bay for a day over the weekend. A cryptocurrency miner surfaced on the world’s largest torrenting site for a day over the weekend, raising the ire of ...