"Stealthy Crypto-Miners Are Slipping Into Web Ads"

Through the use of an artificial intelligence system called Sarah, Spotad was able to discover the use of legitimate-looking online advertisements by cybercriminals to mine for Monero cryptocurrency. The process of mining would be activated upon clicking on affected web advertisements as a result of third-party malicious injection into advertising code. This article further discusses the discovery and the increase of this type of activity.

Infosecurity Magazine reports "Stealthy Crypto-Miners Are Slipping Into Web Ads"