Protecting yourself from In-Browser Miners

f14tomcat said:

Thanks, Cliff.

Thank you Sir.

You're welcome all

Oh wait, we're protected

Cryptojacking Coinhive Miners Land on the Microsoft Store For the First Time

A batch of eight potentially unwanted applications (PUAs) were found on the Microsoft Store dropping malicious Monero (XMR) Coinhive cryptomining scripts, delivered with the help of Google's legitimate Google Tag Manager (GTM) library.

This is especially interesting given that GTM is a tag management system designed by Google to help developers inject JavaScript and HTML content within their apps for tracking and analytics purposes.



Microsoft removed the Fast-search Lite, Battery Optimizer (Tutorials), VPN Browsers+, Downloader for YouTube Videos, Clean Master+ (Tutorials), FastTube, Findoo Browser 2019, and Findoo Mobile & Desktop Search apps that were developed by three developers (i.e.., DigiDream, 1clean, and Findoofrom) after Symantec's report, the company who discovered the eight apps in Redmond's store.

Read the article here: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/new...he-first-time/

Yeah!!!!!

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/new...wn-on-march-8/

Cliff S said:

Yeah!!!!!

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/new...wn-on-march-8/

Cliff S said:

Yeah!!!!!

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/new...wn-on-march-8/

AndreTen said:

Now maybe I can get rid of the 37GB Hosts file on my system!! joking.........

They will just 'reinvent' themselves.

@Cliff S
# Last modified: 2019-02-28 15:13
https://zerodot1.gitlab.io/CoinBlockerLists/hosts

Polo6RGTI said:

@Cliff S
# Last modified: 2019-02-28 15:13
https://zerodot1.gitlab.io/CoinBlockerLists/hosts

too large, I prefer the one only for browsers.