eGobbler infects more than 1 billion ads in worldwide campaign

The eGobbler malvertising threat actor has made a return, this time exploiting a WebKit vulnerability used primarily by iPhone’s Safari browser. Security researchers from Confiant estimate up to 1.16 billion impressions have been compromised sinc… Continue reading eGobbler infects more than 1 billion ads in worldwide campaign

Over A Billion Malicious Ad Impressions Exploit WebKit Flaw to Target Apple Users

The infamous eGobbler hacking group that surfaced online earlier this year with massive malvertising campaigns has now been caught running a new campaign exploiting two browser vulnerabilities to show intrusive pop-up ads and forcefully redirect users … Continue reading Over A Billion Malicious Ad Impressions Exploit WebKit Flaw to Target Apple Users

eGobbler Malvertiser Bypassed Browser Protections Using Obscure Bugs

A malvertising actor known as “eGobbler” used obscure browser bugs to bypass built-in browser protections and expand the scope of its attacks. Confiant observed eGobbler exploiting the first vulnerability back on April 11, 2019. In that par… Continue reading eGobbler Malvertiser Bypassed Browser Protections Using Obscure Bugs

WordPress sites hacked through defunct Rich Reviews plugin

An estimated 16,000 websites are believed to be running a vulnerable and no-longer-maintained WordPress plugin that can be exploited to display pop-up ads and redirect visitors to webpages containing porn, scams, and–worst of all–malware designed to in… Continue reading WordPress sites hacked through defunct Rich Reviews plugin

WordPress sites hacked through defunct Rich Reviews plugin

An estimated 16,000 websites are believed to be running a vulnerable and no-longer-maintained WordPress plugin that can be exploited to display pop-up ads and redirect visitors to webpages containing porn, scams, and–worst of all–malware de… Continue reading WordPress sites hacked through defunct Rich Reviews plugin

Old Magecart domains are finding new life in fresh threat campaigns

Magecart has so radically changed the threat landscape, victimizing hundreds of thousands of sites and millions of users, that other cybercriminals are building campaigns to monetize their handiwork, a RiskIQ research reveals. These secondary actors kn… Continue reading Old Magecart domains are finding new life in fresh threat campaigns

Attackers are exploiting vulnerable WP plugins to backdoor sites

A group of attackers that has been injecting WordPress-based sites with a script redirecting visitors to malicious and fraudulent pages has now also started backdooring the vulnerable installations, Wordfence’s Mikey Veenstra warns. The attacks T… Continue reading Attackers are exploiting vulnerable WP plugins to backdoor sites