Spotify users have been targeted by a malvertising campaign, the malicious advertising served to the victims could automatically open a web browser and redirect victims websites hosting malware. Spotify is a popular online music service that allows its users to listen to music on multiple devices. Users could pay for the service or don’t pay accepting to receive ads that they can interact with.
Recently a number of users of the Free version of the Spotify service have noticed that the ads served by the platform were launching a Web browser to open a website without their interaction.