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title: EGobbler Malvertising Campaign Targets Safari & Chrome Users
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# [EGobbler Malvertising Campaign Targets Safari & Chrome Users](https://www.confiant.com/news/egobbler-malvertising-campaign-targets-safari-and-chrome-users)

 Written by [Duo](https://www.confiant.com/news/author/duo) | Sep 30, 2019 4:00:00 AM

Attackers exploited a zero-day vulnerability in Chrome and Safari web browsers and served up more than 1 billion malicious ads to users between August and September, said [security firm **Confiant**](https://blog.confiant.com/malvertiser-egobbler-exploits-chrome-webkit-bugs-infects-over-1-billion-ads-6b8ccc41b0e6).

Malvertisements, or malicious advertisements, are particularly insidious types of attacks because they can redirect users from the sites they are on to other malicious sites or execute code on the user’s computer. The user typically doesn’t need to click on the ad itself, or engage with the ad, to become a victim.

The threat actor **eGobbler** racked up a “staggering volume” of impressions over a six-week period starting in August as part of their latest malvertisement campaign, **Confiant** said. Users were redirected to phishing pages spoofed to look like the target’s mobile provider. The attacks seem focused on stealing credentials and user information and less on executing code.

> "By our estimates, we believe up to 1.16 billion impressions have been affected"
> 
> **Confiant** researcher and engineer **Eliya Stein**

**Read Complete Article:** [https://duo.com/decipher/egobbler-malvertising-campaign-targets-safari-chrome-users](https://duo.com/decipher/egobbler-malvertising-campaign-targets-safari-chrome-users)

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