WordPress sites are being backdoored with rogue admin users
A malvertising campaign has evolved to give hackers control of entire sites. Continue reading WordPress sites are being backdoored with rogue admin users
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A malvertising campaign has evolved to give hackers control of entire sites. Continue reading WordPress sites are being backdoored with rogue admin users
Pop-ups and browser lockers have given way to irritating and potentially destructive push notifications For many of us, when we hear the word “malware,” the first thing that comes to mind would be visions of emptied bank accounts, encrypte… Continue reading Browser Push Notifications: Useful Feature Exploited by Deceptive Marketers
Continuing the “FBI Most Wanted Cybercriminals” series I’ve decided to take a closer look at “Innovative Marketing” the primary malvertising and scareware distributor participating in several high-profile malvertising and scareware-serving campaigns ci… Continue reading Profiling “Innovative Marketing” – The Flagship Malvertising andf Scareware Distributor – Circa 2008 – An OSINT Analysis
A sophisticated and growing malvertising attacker is partnering with legitimate ad tech platforms to drop malware at scale. Continue reading Massive Malvertising Campaign Reaches 100M Ads, Manipulates Supply Chain
A malvertising campaign is redirecting users to the RIG exploit kit for the purpose of loading ERIS ransomware onto vulnerable machines. Over the 5-7 July weekend, security researcher nao_sec discovered a malvertising campaign that was abusing the popc… Continue reading Malvertising Campaign Redirects to RIG Exploit Kit, ERIS Ransomware
This is your Shared Security Weekly Blaze for July 1st 2019 with your host, Tom Eston. In this week’s episode: The US cyber-attack on Iran, the sad state of cybersecurity in the US government, and what you need to know about malvertising campaign… Continue reading US Cyber-Attack on Iran, Poor Government Cybersecurity, Malvertising Campaigns
The defendants allegedly pulled in over $1.3 million over the course of about six years for unnecessary and undelivered tech support. Continue reading Three tech-support scammers charged with ripping off the elderly
New .htaccess injector threat on Joomla and WordPress websites redirects to malicious websites. Continue reading Joomla and WordPress Found Harboring Malicious Redirect Code
A Ukrainian and his gang allegedly smeared malvertising for 4.5 years and tried to rent out a botnet full of infected computers. Continue reading Malvertiser behind 100+ million bad ads indicted in the US
Oleksii Petrovich Ivanov has been extradited in the U.S. after allegedly launching malvertising campaigns that caused victims to view malicious ads on more than 100 million occasions. Continue reading Ukrainian Charged With Launching 100 Million Malicious Ads