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The AdGholas malvertising group was once again exposed after a short summer interruption. We review the highlights of this high impact campaign that flew under the radar for over three months.Categories: ExploitsTags: adgholasastrumEKexploitexploit kit… Continue reading AdGholas malvertising: business as usual
The AdGholas malvertising group was once again exposed after a short summer interruption. We review the highlights of this high impact campaign that flew under the radar for over three months.Categories: ExploitsTags: adgholasastrumEKexploitexploit kit… Continue reading AdGholas malvertising: business as usual
A compilation of notable security news and blog posts from the 20th of November to the 26th. This week, we talked about PrincessLocker, ransomware decryptors, malvertising on the Mac, and the Windows Firewall.Categories: Security world
Week in securit… Continue reading A week in security (Nov 20 – Nov 26)
Mac users may face less malware attacks than their Windows counterparts, but it doesn’t mean they are safe from online crooks. In this post we review the top malvertising attacks that target the OS X platform and how to stay safe.Categories: Social eng… Continue reading An overview of malvertising on the Mac
Malicious ads exploited zero-day flaw in Android that auto downloaded files. Continue reading Google stops AdSense attack that forced banking trojan on Android phones
In this post we take a look at a malvertising campaign that we traced back to late August and that is targeting adult traffic. While initially pushing the Neutrino exploit kit, it switched to RIG EK in September. We estimate that at least one million v… Continue reading The HookAds malvertising campaign
In this post we take a look at a malvertising campaign that we traced back to late August and that is targeting adult traffic. While initially pushing the Neutrino exploit kit, it switched to RIG EK in September. We estimate that at least one million v… Continue reading The HookAds malvertising campaign
This infographic, based on the results of an Osterman Research report, shows how cybercriminals’ ramped up ransomware efforts have had a stunning global impact on businesses. Categories: 101
InfographicsTags: malvertisingOsterman reportransomware(Read… Continue reading The global impact of ransomware
In this post we take a quick glance at some changes made to the Sundown exploit kit. The landing page has been tweaked and uses various obfuscation techniques. Sundown is used in some smaller campaigns and in this particular case dropped a downloader f… Continue reading New-looking Sundown EK drops Smoke Loader, Kronos banker
Advertising enables free content. Without online advertising, many publishers would be forced to charge users through subscriptions or other methods of payment to view their content. On the flip side, it’s a way for companies to promote new services, products and discounts. But advertising is also becoming increasingly attractive to cybercriminals as a vehicle for […]
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