Before we go further, it is important to note that this is just a proof of concept and to even use custom functions in Excel, you first need to be using the Office Insider version of Excel and to ...

The authors of SafeBrowse, a Chrome extension with more than 140,000 users, have embedded a JavaScript library in the extension's code that mines for the Monero cryptocurrency using users' computers ...

The Pirate Bay surprised many of its users when it added a JavaScript-based cryptocurrency miner to its website. On 16 September, users began posting on Reddit about how they’d seen a significant jump ...

When it comes to the Pirate Bay, it's usually movie studios, music producers and software creators that get annoyed with the site -- you know, copyright and all that. But in an interesting twist it is ...

TorrentFreak reports The Pirate Bay added the hidden cryptocurrency miner over the weekend. The JavaScript-based miner was integrated into the website’s footer. It worked silently in the background, ...

The Pirate Bay gave no warning to users before running a 'test' that embedded JavaScript to run a cryptocurrency miner that hogged CPU resources. For once, the Motion Picture Association of America ...

Udpate, 9/17/17: It turns out the actual cryptocurrency being mined by TPB is actually Monero. As such this article has been updated. The Pirate Bay made its name as the site to go to if you want to ...