2018-7-4 15:30 |
A new report has found that URL shorteners could be being used to enable malicious cryptocurrency mining. If you don’t know what a URL shortener is, then you’re probably not at risk of this, however just for clarity; a URL shortener is a website that allows you to shorten a URL, this is useful for social media and emails for example.
You can do this via websites such as tinyurl. com, in fact, here’s an example from their website:
Turn this URL:
https://www. amazon. com/Kindle-Wireless-Reading-Display-Globally/dp/B003FSUDM4/ref=amb_link_353259562_2?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIK X0DER&pf_rd_s=center-10&pf_rd_r=11EYKTN682A79T370AM3&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_p=1270985982&pf_rd_i=B002Y27P3M
into this TinyURL:
https://tinyurl. com/KindleWireless
Coinhive, the website that allows users to embed JavaScript crypto-miners onto their own web browser also provides a URL shortener system which allows for the mining of cryptocurrency via the new short link.
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