Who and What Is Coinhive?

Multiple security firms recently identified cryptocurrency mining service Coinhive as the top malicious threat to Web users, thanks to the tendency for Coinhive's computer code to be used on hacked Web sites to steal the processing power of its visitors' devices. This post looks at how Coinhive...

Browsealoud plugin hacked to mine Monero on 4,000 Govt websites

By Waqas There were thousands of UK and US government websites mining Monero This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Browsealoud plugin hacked to mine Monero on 4,000 Govt websites...

Thousands of Government Websites Hacked to Mine Cryptocurrencies

There was a time when hackers simply defaced websites to get attention, then they started hijacking them to spread banking trojan and ransomware, and now the trend has shifted towards injecting scripts into sites to mine cryptocurrencies. Thousands of government websites around the world have bee...

U.K. and U.S. Government Websites Among Thousands Infected by Cryptocurrency Miner

More than 4,200 websites, including many run the U.K. and U.S. governments, were infected on Feb. 11 by a Monero cryptocurrency miner delivered through Browsealoud, a hosted accessibility service that can read website content aloud for people with visual impairments. Browsealoud developer Texthel...

browsealoud.com XSS vulnerability

Vulnerable URL: http://www.browsealoud.com/uk/prettyPhotoshop/2,/ Details: Description| Value ---|--- Patched:| Yes, at 30.01.2016 Latest check for patch:| 30.01.2016 21:56 GMT Vulnerability type:| XSS Vulnerability status:| Publicly disclosed Alexa Rank| 1445618 Google Pagerank| 7 VIP website...