Navigating the malvertising nightmare
The online world has never been more dangerous. How can companies protect themselves and their employees from cyber risk?
Malvertising Attack Hijacks 1B+ Sessions With Webkit Exploit
Researchers have discovered a new wave of attacks launched by the threat group eGobbler where victims are redirected to websites with malicious...
Malvertiser exploited 2 browser bugs to show 1 billion malicious ads
Over the past six months, a criminal group specialized in showing malicious ads (malvertising) has used two obscure browser bugs to bypass browser...
Webkit zero-day exploit besieges Mac & iOS with malvertising redirects
Attackers have bombarded the Internet with more than 1 billion malicious ads in less than two months. The attackers targeted iOS and macOS users...
eGobbler Malvertiser Uses WebKit Exploit to Infect Over 1 Billion Ads
Roughly 1.16 billion ad impressions have been hijacked in a malvertising campaign operated by a threat group dubbed eGobbler to redirect potential...
EGobbler Malvertising Campaign Targets Safari & Chrome Users
Attackers exploited a zero-day vulnerability in Chrome and Safari web browsers and served up more than 1 billion malicious ads to users between...
iPhone Users Warned To Update As 1.1 Billion Attack Is Confirmed
I first wrote about eGobbler, the prolific threat actor behind malvertising campaigns with a history of compromising adverts in their hundreds of...
Study: 1 in 100 ad impressions come from malicious source
Nefarious ad activity continues to dog marketers as perpetrators of ad fraud will cost them about $5.8 billion this year, per a report from the...
eGOBBLER iOS Malvertising Campaign Uses Chrome Zero-Day
According to a blog post from researchers at Confiant, there is a current malvertising campaign that is specifically targeting iOS users. The...
Over 500 Million Chrome iOS Sessions Hijacked in Malvertising Campaign
Confiant has spotted the known threat actor eGobbler back in action. This group is well-known for attempting its campaigns around holidays, which...