Firefox cryptomining protection must be enabled.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
<VulnDiscussion>The Content Blocking/Tracking Protection feature stops Firefox from loading content from malicious sites. The content might be a script or an image, for example. If a site is on one of the tracker lists that Firefox is set to use, the fingerprinting script (or other tracking script/image) will not be loaded from that site. Cryptomining scripts use a computer's central processing unit to invisibly mine cryptocurrency.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>
- ID
- SV-251568r879587_rule
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation - Manual Procedure
Windows group policy:
1. Open the group policy editor tool with "gpedit.msc".
2. Navigate to Policy Path: Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\Mozilla\Firefox\Tracking Protection
Policy Name: Cryptomining
Policy State: Enabled