Neowin News Feed for: Malvertising

Beware: Microsoft Edge found serving malicious tech support scam ads

Sayan Sen — Thu, 15 Sep 2022 22:34:01 +0000

Microsoft Edge has been found to be serving malicious tech support scam ads. While the ads appear harmless from a distance, they are designed to redirect targets to malicious domains. Read more...

FBI, NSA, and CIA use ad blockers due to fear of targeted ads

Usama Jawad — Fri, 24 Sep 2021 05:34:01 +0000

A document has revealed that most U.S. intelligence agencies, including FBI, NSA, CIA, and DHS use ad blockers due to fear of targeted ads and malvertising, even though they are not mandated to do so. Read more...

New fake tech support alert can freeze up Google Chrome on Windows

John Keefer — Wed, 07 Feb 2018 19:32:01 +0000

A new scam has been tracked by Malwarebytes that affects the Chrome browser on Windows. The tech support scam gets the browser to freeze, prompting users to call a fake support number to free it. Read more...

Millions exposed to malware infected update-ads on Pornhub

Richard Tyr Blewitt — Tue, 10 Oct 2017 15:52:01 +0000

Proofpoint has released a report outlining how hackers managed to create malware-filled fake update-ads for popular Internet browsers that millions of people were exposed to while on PornHub. Read more...

New ransomware taps into social media accounts before demanding users to pay up

Justin Luna — Wed, 16 Nov 2016 10:16:01 +0000

New ransomware has recently been seen searching victims' computers for illegally downloaded content in addition to social media accounts before threatening them with a bogus penalty notice. Read more...

Google AdWords malware targeting Apple computers through Google Chrome search query

Justin Luna — Wed, 02 Nov 2016 15:12:01 +0000

A new malware designed for macOS users has been detected by security researchers. It attacks users via a purported Google Chrome download, which instead installs a fake software to the computer. Read more...

Let's Encrypt being abused, gets used in malvertising attacks says Trend Micro

Paul Hill — Fri, 08 Jan 2016 16:08:01 +0000

Trend Micro has detected a malvertising campaign against web users in Japan. It turns out that the ads were using a certificate issued by Let's Encrypt. The ads led to sites which would infect PCs. Read more...

New 'malvertising' campaign hits popular adult websites potentially infecting millions

Timi Cantisano — Thu, 03 Dec 2015 07:12:01 +0000

A new malicious advertising campaign has hit popular adult websites and could infect millions. The campaign was discovered recently and is said to have started on November 21st. Read more...

Another Flash attack spotted, this time against Yahoo! users

Muhammad Jarir Kanji — Wed, 05 Aug 2015 12:46:01 +0000

Adobe's Flash player just cannot catch a break, it seems, with the latest attack corrupting ads displayed on Yahoo with malware and infecting users without the need for any interaction. Read more...