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Recently Disclosed WordPress Plugin Flaws Exploited in Malvertising Operation
2019-07-23 14:27

Researchers at Defiant, the company behind the Wordfence security plugin for WordPress websites, have come across a malvertising campaign that leverages recently disclosed plugin vulnerabilities...

Massive Malvertising Campaign Reaches 100M Ads, Manipulates Supply Chain
2019-07-17 15:21

A sophisticated and growing malvertising attacker is partnering with legitimate ad tech platforms to drop malware at scale.

Ukrainian National Charged in Malvertising, Botnet Scheme
2019-05-06 19:18

Indictment Alleges Years-Long Scheme Infected Millions of PCsA Ukrainian national is facing wire fraud and other charges stemming from his alleged involvement in a years-long malvertising scheme...

U.S. Charges Ukrainian for Malvertising
2019-05-06 17:06

A Ukrainian national was indicted in the United States for his role in a years-long, international scheme to infect computers with malware via online advertisements, or malvertising.  read more

Mac-Focused Malvertising Campaign Abuses Google Firebase DBs
2019-03-20 21:20

Researchers said 1 million user sessions could have been exposed to the campaign, which downloads the Shlayer trojan.

Chrome will soon block drive-by-download malvertising
2019-03-13 13:17

A new Chrome feature hopes to choke off one of the most malicious forms of malware infection: drive-by advertising downloads.

Malvertising Campaign Delivers Double Whammy of Ransomware and Info-Stealing
2019-01-08 18:44

The whole attack takes place in under a minute.

Widespread Malvertising Campaign Hijacks 300 Million Sessions
2018-11-27 17:12

Researchers say the bad actor behind the malvertising campaign is still active.

Complex Malvertising Scheme Impacts Multiple Levels of Web Economy
2018-07-31 16:53

A criminal posing as a legitimate website publisher on the AdsTerra online advertising network is using maliciously gathered traffic to deliver victims to exploit kits.

Advanced Malvertising Campaign Exploits Online Advertising Supply Chain
2018-07-30 16:37

Malvertising Campaign Steals Traffic From 10,000 Hacked WordPress Sites and Exploits the Online Advertising Supply Chain read more