Government-owned Telecom Egypt has allegedly been redirecting internet users to crypto mining sites, or displaying ads to secretly gain money, according to a report published by security researchers at the University of Toronto on Friday. In trickle mode, AdHose targets some JavaScript resources and defunct websites for ad injection. Security researchers further explain in the report that “trickle mode” attempts to open certain URLs redirects users to these ads or mining scripts. Also, Coinhive, a Monero mining platform that positions itself to sites as an online advertising alternative, was also listed in the table of links for AdHose middleboxes to redirect Egyptian users. According to the report’s findings, 5700 people were affected by AdHose as researchers underwent a scan in January.

Source: Egypt Independent March 10, 2018 12:11 UTC