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49% of crypto mining scripts are deployed on pornographic related websitesSecurity Affairs

Experts from Qihoo 360s Netlab analyzed crypto mining scripts online by analyzing DNS traffic with its DNSMon system. The most used crypto mining script is Coinhive (68%+10%), followed by JSEcoin (9%) The fact that cryptocurrency mining scripts are most deployed on porn websites is not a surprise because they have a large number of visitors that used to spend a lot of time watching their content. Some websites will use a shell link to obscure the mining site link in the source code. The mining activity of some websites is introduced by the advertisers external chains.”]

Source: https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/68949/malware/crypto-mining-scripts.html

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