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Hackers misusing YouTube ads to inject CPU-draining cryptocurrency miners

Hackers are misusing Google’s DoubleClick ad platform on YouTube to access users’ computers to mine cryptocurrency, security research firm Trend Micro reported on Friday. The firm reported that the number of Coinhive web minor detections had grown three-fold through a malvertising campaign. “We discovered that advertisements found on high-traffic sites not only used Coinhive (detected by Trend Micro as JS_COINHIVE.GN), but also a separate web miner that connects to a […]