Websites use your CPU to mine cryptocurrency even when you close your browser
Dan Goodin, writing for Ars Technica:
researchers from anti-malware provider Malwarebytes have identified a technique that allows the leaching to continue even after a user has closed the browser window. It works by opening a pop-under window that fits behind the Microsoft Windows taskbar and hides behind the clock. The window remains open indefinitely until a user takes special actions to close it. During that time, it continues to run code that generates Monero on behalf of the person controlling the Website.
This sounds like malware to me. Do you think this sort of technique will become more commonplace in the future?
Bad bad bad! This is absolutely malware, and violates one of the cherished principles that resources and personal information of an individual should only be used with their permission.