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Malvertising isn’t only used to infect users via drive-by downloads or to deceitfully push fake software updates. A campaign currently going on via the TrafficHolder adult ad platform leverages the promise of raunchy videos to lure people into ad fraud. The trick is simple and yet effective. While browsing, users are automatically redirected to what […]

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We don’t really hear about it that much, but malvertising can and does target free blogging platforms as well. Just this morning, our friends at Virus Bulletin Martijn Grooten and Adrian Luca wrote about some sites hosted on Google’s Blogspot service pushing tech support scams.

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The Magnitude EK has been on the forefront of most of the malvertising-driven attacks we have seen in the past few weeks. In fact, the intense activity it is generating is overshadowing other exploit kits and distribution methods such as compromised websites. Magnitude EK recently showed some signs of additional refinements, first with the implementation of […]

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