How to protect your website from cryptojacking attacks

Get the Full StoryIn the past month more than 4000 websites, including government websites in the US and UK, such as the UK s Information Commissioner s Office ICO , were reported to be serving the CoinHive crypto miner to its users. CoinHive crypto miner is a JavaScript script that can be installed on any website and was designed to mine cryptocurrency at the expense of its users CPU power. Clearly this was not the intention of any of the companies affected. Indeed, the ICO is an independent authority set up in the UK to uphold information rights in the public interest, promoting openness by public… This story continues at The Next Web

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