It used web analytics to study user selection of video resources and coding of website commentary to analyze teacher responses to videos.
Once it's slipped into the code of a website, it sits and waits to infect site visitors.
An earlier version said the code of the website appeared to generate an ever-increasing string of characters.
The code of the website appears to generate an ever-increasing load, which becomes harder and harder for the browser to handle, likely resulting in a memory issue and forcing the reboot of the device.
Update (Robin Wauters): there's something interesting in the source code of that website.
Drive-by exploits, as background, are when someone has injected malicious code into the HTML code of a website.
The publisher simply places a piece of JavaScript code in the code of their website, the ads appear, and a check comes in the mail.
"Someone said to me, 'You should hide clues inside source code of a website,' and I was like, 'Totally.
Links are created using a simple HTML tag when editing the code of your website.
This will open up the code of the website in new tab.
In a new page, it will show you the source code of the website you're currently on.
