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End-to-End Analysis of In-Browser Cryptojacking [article]
2018 arXiv pre-print
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In-browser cryptojacking involves hijacking the CPU power of a website's visitor to perform CPU-intensive cryptocurrency mining, and has been on the rise, with 8500% growth during 2017. ... Through dynamic analysis, we highlight the impact of cryptojacking on system resources, such as CPU and battery consumption (in battery-powered devices); we use the latter to build an analytical model ... Finally, in examining the feasibility of cryptojacking as an alternative to online advertisement, we conduct an in-depth end-to-end analysis that considers the implications of such an alternative on both ...
arXiv:1809.02152v1 fatcat:2wfa7pxy4nat5hih6g5ngr67uy
SoK: Cryptojacking Malware [article]
2021 arXiv pre-print
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Today, a myriad of blockchain and cryptocurrency systems, applications, and technologies are widely available to companies, end-users, and even malicious actors who want to exploit the computational resources ... Nonetheless, existing detection methods such as browser extensions that protect users with blacklist methods or antivirus programs with different analysis methods can only provide a partial panacea to ... The views expressed are those of the authors only. ...
arXiv:2103.03851v2 fatcat:nz5wblhw5jd7nju64hewsik3sy
You Could Be Mine(d): The Rise of Cryptojacking
2019 IEEE Security and Privacy
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Evasion and Anti-Analysis Techniques The evasion and anti-analysis techniques employed during cryptojacking are similar to those used by exploit kits (EK), the automated vulnerability scanners found on ... Browser-based cryptomining was first introduced in 2013 with Tidbit. This proof-of-concept was developed by students at MIT as a potential alternative to in-browser advertising during a hackathon. ...
doi:10.1109/msec.2019.2920585 fatcat:xhrxef6o6nb3hl6hvzfuuidxwa
DNS based In-Browser Cryptojacking Detection [article]
2022 arXiv pre-print
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to be involved in the in-browser cryptojacking. ... The metadata aspect of Domain Names (DNs) enables us to perform a behavioral study of DNs and detect if a DN is involved in in-browser cryptojacking. ... Bijmans, for making the cryptojacking dataset available to us. ...
arXiv:2205.04685v1 fatcat:4jcxdtanvngifnmbrriacqea4a
An Intuitive Way to Unmask In-Browser Cryptojacking in Network Level using Support Vector Machine (SVM) in Machine Learning
2019 International journal of recent technology and engineering
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This paper discusses about a live network filtering tool which detects the illicit In-browser miningwithin the range of a network of devices. ... The disabling Java Script leads to poor user experience of the websites as the websites in recent times are powered with Java Script frameworks. ... In order to stop cryptojacking in the user's computer with in browser cryptojacking, we have to disable the JavaScript in the browser settings. ...
doi:10.35940/ijrte.b1103.0782s319 fatcat:lkbsqa6ewvbf7ejneoeiiwostq
Web-based Cryptojacking in the Wild [article]
2018 arXiv pre-print
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For this, we propose a 3-phase analysis approach, which enables us to identify mining scripts and conduct a large-scale study on the prevalence of cryptojacking in the Alexa 1 million websites. ... With the introduction of memory-bound cryptocurrencies, such as Monero, the implementation of mining code in browser-based JavaScript has become a worthwhile alternative to dedicated mining rigs. ... Acknowledgments The authors would like to thank Martina Lindorfer and Herbert Bos for providing a draft of their related paper. ...
arXiv:1808.09474v1 fatcat:vsksdijc5bcljbed2tdamfpive
SoK: Analysis Techniques for WebAssembly
2024 Future Internet
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This paper presents a systematic review of these analysis techniques, focusing on vulnerability analysis, cryptojacking detection, and smart contract security. ... WebAssembly is a low-level bytecode language that enables high-level languages like C, C++, and Rust to be executed in the browser at near-native performance. ... To this end, we constructed a taxonomical classification and applied it to analysis techniques proposed in the literature. ...
doi:10.3390/fi16030084 fatcat:wmt4aqk2xjfxvifzsofa777irm
SEISMIC: SEcure In-lined Script Monitors for Interrupting Cryptojacks [chapter]
2018 Lecture Notes in Computer Science
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An implementation based on in-lined reference monitoring offers a browser-agnostic deployment strategy that is applicable to average end-user systems without specialized hardware or operating systems. ... The approach addresses a new wave of cryptojacking attacks, including XSS-assisted, web gadget-exploiting counterfeit mining. ... Acknowledgments This research was supported in part by NSF award #1513704, ONR award N00014-17-1-2995, AFOSR award FA9550-14-1-0173, and an NSF I/UCRC award from Lockheed-Martin. ...
doi:10.1007/978-3-319-98989-1_7 fatcat:ubgcajsf4zfwpbcr762fclrlni
Inadvertently Making Cyber Criminals Rich: A Comprehensive Study of Cryptojacking Campaigns at Internet Scale
2019 USENIX Security Symposium
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Since the release of a browser-based cryptominer by Coinhive in 2017, the easy use of these miners has skyrocketed illicit cryptomining in 2017 and continued in 2018. ... In this paper, we perform two large studies into the world of cryptojacking, focused on organized cryptomining and the spread of cryptojacking on the Internet. ... The term originates from analysis of large volumes of SPAM or phishing emails, but can also be used in other areas, such as browser-based cryptomining. ...
dblp:conf/uss/BijmansBD19 fatcat:mdvhz5tzxzakpiqggjdlqcmvg4
Do Charging Stations Benefit from Cryptojacking? A Novel Framework for Its Financial Impact Analysis on Electric Vehicles
2022 Energies
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The goal of this research is to explore the extent to which cryptojacking impacts EVs in terms of recharging and cost. ... Overall, our results demonstrate that cryptojackers injected into EVs indirectly provide a financial advantage to the charging stations at the cost of an increased energy strain on society. ... All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript. ...
doi:10.3390/en15165773 fatcat:mnz3dhc3azhyjfimtakywnroiq
On Detecting Cryptojacking on Websites: Revisiting the Use of Classifiers
2022 Sensors
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Cryptojacking or illegal mining is a form of malware that hides in the victim's computer and takes the computational resources to extract cryptocurrencies in favor of the attacker. ... To this end, we make use of a dataset, composed of network and host features' samples, to which we apply various feature selection methods such as those based on statistical methods, e.g., Test Anova, ... All it takes is for the user to load the infected website in their browser for the illegal mining code to execute in the browser of the victim's computer [11] . ...
doi:10.3390/s22239219 pmid:36501921 pmcid:PMC9740044 fatcat:bbj4smyinjhwloiw7553boprnq
Detecting Cryptojacking Web Threats: An Approach with Autoencoders and Deep Dense Neural Networks
2022 Applied Sciences
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Developers of large cryptocurrency houses have made available executable binaries and mainly browser-side scripts in order to authoritatively tap into users' collective resources and effectively complete ... With the growing popularity of cryptocurrencies, which are an important part of day-to-day transactions over the Internet, the interest in being part of the so-called cryptomining service has attracted ... Acknowledgments: The authors thank the National Science and Technology Council of Mexico (CONACyT) and the Instituto Politécnico Nacional for the financial support for this research. ...
doi:10.3390/app12073234 fatcat:u65ziddminc2lf6ohgmzetnvne
MANiC: Multi-step Assessment for Crypto-miners
2019 2019 International Conference on Cyber Security and Protection of Digital Services (Cyber Security)
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We are currently in the process of developing a web app with MANiC running on the back-end, compiling a daily list of CryptoJacking websites. ... CryptoJacking scripts typically use WebAssembly (Wasm), a binary format that allows C, C++ and Rust code to execute in the browser with a similar performance to native code. ...
doi:10.1109/cybersecpods.2019.8885003 dblp:conf/cybersecpods/BurgessCOS19 fatcat:3d2s3cbmzfftbktkvubdxvmngm
CoinPolice:Detecting Hidden Cryptojacking Attacks with Neural Networks [article]
2020 arXiv pre-print
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Regrettably, this practice also easily lends itself to abuse: in this form, called cryptojacking, attacks surreptitiously mine in the users browser, and profits are collected either by website owners or ... One of its latest incarnations is cryptocurrency mining, where a website instructs the visitor's browser to participate in building a cryptocurrency ledger (e.g., Bitcoin, Monero) in exchange for a small ... We will leverage Coinpolice to expand this analysis to other mining libraries in section 6. ...
arXiv:2006.10861v2 fatcat:lpd6uyzx7jektkcaqhsoqkhdxu
Crypto Jacking a Technique to Leverage Technology to Mine Crypto Currency
2019 International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences
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The results from static and dynamic analysis uncover the techniques employed by the malware to exploit potential victims.The study concludes that enterprises face the greatest risk of cryptojacking due ... Blockchain made its first debit as a proof of concept on money exchange platforms back in 2008, where the born of the first cryptocurrency. ... This enables a more insightful analysis of Bitcoin's properties and future stability.Moreover,this research reviewed the relevant literature related to cryptocurrency and cryptojacking to identify technical ...
doi:10.6007/ijarbss/v9-i3/5791 fatcat:hkuo2w52ezekrcd26nz5zoisge
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