04-01-2018 20:59 via infosecurity-magazine.com

Stealthy Crypto-Miners Are Slipping Into Web Ads

Stealthy Crypto-Miners Are Slipping Into Web AdsA stealthy attack that slips cryptocurrency miners into ads on unsuspecting websites is making the rounds, according to Israeli adtech firm Spotad.The company has an artificial intelligence (AI) system dubbed Sarah that picked up on several anomalies within advertising code across both desktop and mobile environments—further inspection showed that these seemingly legitimate ads are actually in the business of mining for Monero. Spotad explain
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