- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- June 23rd, 2016
HTML5 Ads Aren't That Safe Compared to Flash, Experts Say
The real problems are the ad networks and JavaScript
- Advisories
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- June 17th, 2016
Half of the Ads in Sports Live Streaming Sites Are Malicious
Researchers tested those overlay ads that block the video player on illegal free live streaming sites
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- May 10th, 2016
Blogger, CBS, PerezHilton Hit by Malvertising Campaigns
Malvertising campaigns intensified last week
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- May 10th, 2016
CryptXXX Is Now Undecryptable, Prevents Users from Accessing Their PC UPDATE
Crooks fix their issue, harden ransomware against decryption
- Virus alerts
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- May 5th, 2016
Ads on News Sites Pushed Malware-Infected Android Marshmallow Upgrade
Malicious activity points to a server in Estonia
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- April 26th, 2016
The Pirate Bay Malvertising Campaign Pushes Cerber Ransomware
Flash CVE-2016-1019 vulnerability strikes again
- Virus alerts
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- April 25th, 2016
Ransomware Can Infect Android Devices Without Any User Interaction
Hacking Team and Towelroot exploits combined to deliver ransomware to Android devices via malvertising
- Data Breaches
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- April 15th, 2016
Fappening Forum Users Hit by Data Breach, Malvertising, and Then by Ransomware
Details of over 179,000 users stolen by attacker
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- March 25th, 2016
Video Malvertising Campaign Hits FOX News, BusinessInsider Websites
Hackers revive two-week-old attack, target new websites, but use video-based adverts instead of classic banners
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- March 22nd, 2016
Sophisticated Malvertising Campaign Abusing Baidu API Goes On for Five Months
In wake of recent discovery, Baidu decides to disallow user-defined scripts and Flash content in its ads
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- March 15th, 2016
Malvertising Campaign Hits MSN, NYT, BBC, AOL, NFL Websites
Millions of users exposed to malicious ads
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- March 1st, 2016
Whack-A-Mole Game Continues As Malvertising Adds Support for Fingerprinting
Malvertising becomes even harder to detect
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- March 1st, 2016
Constant Updates Keep Angler EK More Efficient than Ever
Angler adds new tricks to stay ahead of security researchers
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- February 16th, 2016
Wajam's Adware Now Used in Malvertising Campaign
How ironic: unwanted ads used to push dangerous ads
- Security Blog
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- February 11th, 2016
Malvertising Makes Its Way into Skype
Skype users were safe, but browser users were being redirected to the Angler Exploit Kit, which deployed TeslaCrypt
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- February 4th, 2016
Malvertising Hits TMZ Gossip Site
Malicious ads on TMZ.com redirecting users to Angler EK
- Google News
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- January 22nd, 2016
Google Blocked 780 Million Bad Ads in 2015, Click-Bots Will Cause $7.2 Billion in Damages in 2016
Google disabled 49% more bad ads in 2015, compared to 2014