Industrial Automatic Control Systems and Controllers Annotation << Back Popular Methods of Mining Cryptocurrencies on the Example of the Tool Сoinhive A.N. Vershinin, M.Yu. Titov, E.O. Karamysheva The article is an overview of real-world methods used to implement and propagate threats associated with specialized software for mining cryptocurrencies. An analysis of statistical data obtained from analysts of leading information security companies demonstrates the relevance of the subject matter discussed in the article, while the attack mechanisms analyzed distinguish these security issues as a separate class of threats. The article provides a comprehensive analysis of the threat posed by stealthy cryptocurrency mining, using the Coinhive web script as an example. Keywords: cryptocurrency; bitcoin; cryptocurrency mining; miner; countering and blocking threats to information security; software. DOI: 10.25791/asu.1.2020.1120 Contacts: - Pp. 43-48.