Tag: Malvertising

Users who downloaded a phony Adblock Plus app should be on the lookout for a possible data breach. Google has since removed the app from its Chrome Store.

Threat actors are reviving exploit kits to deliver cryptocurrency miners through malvertising campaigns. The Neptune exploit kit mines for Monero.

Stantinko malware uses Teddy Protection and The Safe Surfing Chrome extensions to commandeer affected PCs. This sophisticated design can execute any code.

RoughTed, a malvertising scheme that bypasses ad blockers and delivers poisoned ads through redirections, has been active for over a year.

The cybergang behind GootKit followed up its recent U.K. activity by launching redirection attacks at Italian banking services.

A malicious Google Chrome extension is making the rounds to deliver malvertising. Here's how it works and how to avoid getting scammed.

The rate of malvertising attacks increased by 132 percent in 2016, according to a recent report. The use of ad-blocking software also increased sharply.

Security researchers discovered two unrelated ad fraud campaigns in which cybercriminals hijacked clicks from authentic Google advertisements.

Although the DNSChanger exploit kit is spread through malvertising, it is designed to target vulnerabilities in victims' physical internet routers.

A recently discovered malvertising campaign known as Stegano uses steganography and other techniques that researchers have observed in similar attacks.