As the debate about online ads is raging thanks to Apple’s introduction of ad blockers in its App Store, malvertising keeps on…
Tag: malvertising
A few days ago we spotted an interesting malvertising attack that was unlike others we had seen before. What made it…
If you’re going to be in Ireland on November 19, please consider paying a visit to the fantastic IRISSCON Security Conference,…
In mid August, the actors behind some of the recent malvertising campaigns we documented on this blog before started to come out with several new…
In an attack similar to the one that happened last month on PlentyOfFish, the UK version of online dating site Match.com was caught…
The same adserving technology platform – AdSpirit.de – which was recently abused in malicious advertising attacks against a slew of top media sites was leveraged again…
We detected a malvertising attack on popular dating site PlentyOfFish (POF) which draws over 3 million daily users.The attack chain uses the…
The Microsoft tech support scam has been going on for years, starting with cold calls originating from India. Over time fake websites and…
Update 08/14: The campaign has moved to another advertiser (AOL) and new Azure domain:Malvertising URL: imp.bid.ace.advertising.com/{redacted}pmcpmprice=0.545/{redacted}dref=http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=jazzy+wheelchair+battery&_pgn=3&_skc=100&rt=nc First redirection (Azure website):v5tr34-a09.azurewebsites.net/?=a09vv5vtrkp Second…
June and July have set new records for malvertising attacks. We have just uncovered a large scale attack abusing Yahoo!’s own…