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Tag: malvertising


Access control, Malware

Tech Support Scammers Use New Browser Trick To Defeat Blocking

February 17, 2016

Via: Malwarebytes

These days, the vast majority of tech support scams are delivered via malvertising attacks pushing fake error notifications and preventing users from normally closing their browsers. Because those warnings are very convincing and often accompanied by audio cues, many people will get […]


Editorial, Malware, Vulnerabilities

Malvertising: what is it and how to browse safely

January 13, 2016

Via: Russel Edwards

Malvertising is the assigned term for malicious advertising, which represents the action of hijacking legitimate online advertising networks performed by malicious factors in order to inject their own malware-ridden advertisements into the said platforms. The usual shape malvertising takes is […]


Malware

Malvertising campaign used a free certificate from Let’s Encrypt

January 7, 2016

Via: CIO

Cybercriminals are taking advantage of an organization that issues free digital certificates, sparking a disagreement over how to deal with such abuse. On Wednesday, Trend Micro wrote that it discovered a cyber-attack on Dec. 21 that was designed to install […]


Mobile security

The InfoSecond, Sept. 14–18: Malvertising, Millennials and More!

September 21, 2015

Via: mobile-security

Ready to catch up on the latest infosec news for this week? You’ve come to the right place! We’re covering a lot this week, including millennials and cybersecurity, new tactics for #malvertising, an update on the evolution of CoreBot, a […]