Intrusion PreventionGeneric.JavaScript.Cryptocurrency.Mining.Script
Description
This indicates detection of a JavaScript-based cryptocurrency miner that runs on browsers.
These miners do not have to compromise the machine to mine.
Affected Products
Any unprotected systems are vulnerable
Impact
Unauthorized Resource Consumption: Remote actors can use the victim's system resources to perform certain tasks
Recommended Actions
Prevent the scripts from being downloaded to client browsers.
Monitor the traffic from that network for any suspicious activity.
Telemetry
Coverage
| IPS (Regular DB) | |
| IPS (Extended DB) |
Version Updates
| Date | Version | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-20 | 26.700 | Sig Added |
| 2021-02-04 | 17.011 | Sig Added |
| 2020-05-12 | 15.842 | Sig Added |
| 2020-05-11 | 15.841 | Default_action:pass:drop |
| 2020-03-03 | 15.787 | Sig Added |
| 2020-02-25 | 15.783 | Status:disable:enable |
| 2020-02-25 | 15.783 | Default_action:drop:pass |
| 2020-01-30 | 15.768 | Sig Added |
| 2019-04-17 | 14.596 | Sig Added |
| 2019-04-16 | 14.595 | Sig Added |
| ID | 45678 |
| Created | Mar 21, 2018 |
| Updated | Dec 25, 2023 |
| Risk |
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| Default Action | drop |
| Active | |
| Affected OS | All |
| Affected App | IE, Mozilla, Apple, Other |