One in every 250 ad impressions are still problematic, research suggests

This malvertising campaign distributing the Shlayer+Tarmac combo started in January this year, according to Taha Karim, a security researcher at Confiant

By exploiting zero-day vulnerabilities in Chrome and Safari, cybercriminals were able to serve over 1bn malicious ads to users

The eGobbler threat actor is back with a new malvertising campaign that has hijacked more than 1 billion sessions

eGobbler exploits bugs in Chrome for iOS, Chrome, and Safari for desktop to show popup ads and redirect users to malicious sites

Flaw rendered ad-sandboxing protections 'entirely useless', researchers say.

I first wrote about eGobbler, the prolific threat actor behind malvertising campaigns with a history of compromising adverts in their hundreds of millions in a matter of hours, on April 17, 2019.

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 2019, said security firm Confiant.

Roughly 1.16 billion ad impressions have been hijacked in a malvertising campaign operated by a threat group dubbed eGobbler to redirect potential victims to malicious payloads, between August 1 and September 23, 2019.

Security researchers at Confiant have uncovered a wide-ranging malvertising campaign that has been targeting apps and services from Microsoft over the past few months, bombarding users with unwanted adverts.

A malvertiser has been pushing malicious tech support scam ads to users of Outlook, and other Microsoft owned apps in Windows 10. A cybersecurity study discovered that a Hong Kong-based hacker, known to operate the modus, has been part of a company called “fiber-ads.”

A suspect based in Hong Kong is believed to be the main culprit behind a wave of malicious ads that have invaded Microsoft apps and services over the past few months.

A group based in Hong Kong has been identified behind the recent outbreaks of malicious ads via Windows 10 apps and Microsoft games. This group is behind millions of ads that forward users to bundles of scams, malware and adware.

A malicious actor has been leveraging a Google Chrome browser exploit to deliver malvertisements to iOS users, including a campaign during which 500 million user sessions were exposed to a session hijacking attack.

A new report on malicious advertising underscores the importance of using modern web browsers and making sure your operating system is up to date with the latest security updates to prevent being infected.

In the early days, practically all tech support scammers would get their own leads by doing some amateur SEO poisoning and keyword stuffing on YouTube and other social media sites. Today, we are seeing more advanced operations.

Mac computers are thought to be one of the most secure personal computers in the market. However, a new malware has proved contrary to the claim after researchers have found a malvertising strain that infects Mac devices – it’s called Tarmac.

Multiple online services and products are leaking email data belonging to their users to third-party advertising and analytics companies, shows a research published today.