Researchers at Trustwave have uncovered an attack on tens of thousands of MikroTik routers which is being used to embed CoinHive cryptominer scripts in websites. A surge in CoinHive actvity in Brazil at the start of this week alerted researchers that something was happening. Further investigation showed that MicroTik devices were at the root of the problem and all were using the same CoinHive site key. MikroTik routers are used mainly by internet providers and big organizations, allowing the attack to reach large numbers of users. The attack is believed to have affected at least 70,000 routers in Brazil and…
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