Update 07/03/15: AdFly contacted us and we are publishing their statement below: We are sorry for the inconvenience but this is…
Tag: exploit
Dutch Users Victim of Large Malvertising Campaign
Security firm Fox-IT has identified a large malvertising campaign that began affecting Dutch users on June 11. In their blog post, they…
Unusual Exploit Kit Targets Chinese Users (Part 2)
Recently, our researchers identified a strange exploit kit targeting Chinese domains. In that writeup, we talked about how the exploit kit…
Popcash Malvertising Leads to CryptoWall
The online advertising industry is a very lucrative business and so it comes as no big surprise that cyber-criminals have taken…
Unusual Exploit Kit Targets Chinese Users (Part 1)
We are very accustomed to seeing the same exploit kits over and over. Angler EK, Nuclear EK or Fiesta EK all…
Jamie Oliver’s website hacked again, drops password stealer
The website of popular British Chef Jamie Oliver is still having issues and potentially infecting visitors looking for a recipe or…
Malvertising strikes on dozens of top adult sites
We have been observing a very large malvertising campaign affecting dozens of top adult sites over the past week. All these…
Fiesta EK Wreaks Havoc on Popular Torrent Site
Downloading music and movies from Torrent sites seems to be more and more difficult these days. Beside the illegal nature of…
Domain Shadowing With a Twist
We’ve covered malvertising and exploits a fair amount on this blog and cyber criminals’ different techniques meant to evade detection and fuel…
Malvertising Strikes on Adult Site xHamster Again
We identified a malvertising campaign taking place on adult site xHamster (Alexa rank #68, est. 514 million visitors/month according to SimilarWeb) that abused ad…