Security News > 2023 > November > BlackCat plays with malvertising traps to lure corporate victims
Affiliates of the ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware-as-a-service operation are turning to malvertising campaigns to establish an initial foothold in their victims' systems.
The Nitrogen malware campaign was first observed in June, but the tactic of malvertising associated with Nitrogen is new.
Malvertising has grown in popularity among cybercriminals in the past few years, with Google often addressing the issue reactively rather than proactively.
The Register asked Google to comment on its plan to tackle malvertising but did not receive a response.
Numerous malware campaigns used malvertising for attacks throughout the year.
Recently, in its Digital Defense Report, Microsoft identified Magniber deployments from the Russian cybercrime group that it tracks as Storm-0381 through its heavy use of malvertising.