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title: Chrome flaw on iOS leads to 500 million unwanted pop-up ads
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# [Chrome flaw on iOS leads to 500 million unwanted pop-up ads](https://www.confiant.com/news/chrome-flaw-on-ios-leads-to-500-million-unwanted-pop-up-ads)

 Written by [Sophos - Naked Security](https://www.confiant.com/news/author/sophos-naked-security) | Apr 18, 2019 4:00:00 AM

If you own an iOS device and use the Chrome browser, there is a chance during the last week that you’ve encountered some strange-looking advertising pop-ups.

The bigger question that bugged Confiant’s researchers when they analysed the pop-ups was how they were bypassing Chrome’s iOS ad-blocking protection.

The volume of campaigns was massive – 500 million pop-ups since 6 April 2019, apparently – featuring 30 adverts connected to a cybercrime group called eGobbler.

Aiming such a large volume of ads at the users of one platform and browser, iOS Chrome, also looked a little unusual.

Sure enough, Confiant discovered the campaigns had found a way to beat Chrome’s pop-up blocker by exploiting a previously unknown and unpatched security vulnerability.

**Read Complete Article:** [https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2019/04/18/chrome-flaw-on-ios-leads-to-500-million-unwanted-popup-ads/](https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2019/04/18/chrome-flaw-on-ios-leads-to-500-million-unwanted-popup-ads/)

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