Large Angler Malvertising Campaign Hits Top Publishers

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  1. WildByDesign

    WildByDesign Registered Member

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    It seems that there has been a major increase in malvertising over the weekend. Some interesting stuff, indeed. All the more reason to keep on blocking those advertisements in the first place along with the usual careful preventative measures.

    My first source article was reading over at Ars Technica:
    Big-name sites hit by rash of malicious ads spreading crypto ransomware [Updated]
    http://arstechnica.com/security/201...of-malicious-ads-spreading-crypto-ransomware/


    That article led me to the real meat and potatoes below:

    Large Angler Malvertising Campaign Hits Top Publishers
    Link: https://blog.malwarebytes.org/malve...er-malvertising-campaign-hits-top-publishers/
    Also

    Massive Malvertising Campaign in US Leads to Angler Exploit Kit/BEDEP
    Link: http://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlab...paign-in-us-leads-to-angler-exploit-kitbedep/
     
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