CryptocurrencyMining - description
- Last Updated: May 1, 2026
- 1 minute read
- Flowmon Products
- Flowmon Anomaly Detection System
- Documentation
Sources:
- Detect web cryptocurrency mining with Flowmon
- Cryptocurrency web mining: The union of profit
- SOC Prime Web Mining Detector - HPE ArcSight
- Hacked websites mine cryptocurrencies
- Cryptojacking: Digging for your own treasure
- Zealot: New Apache Struts campaign uses EternalBlue and EternalSynergy to mine Monero
- Obfuscated Coinhive shortlink reveals larger mining operation
- A look into Drupalgeddon's client-side attacks
This pattern detects websites with cryptocurrency mining code. These websites mine cryptocurrency using the visitor's CPU through background tasks running in the browser. Site owners may add these mining scripts intentionally, or attackers may inject them into compromised websites.
Flowmon ADS detects connections to mining pool servers used by these mining scripts.
