Tag: malvertising
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Malicious ads served on java.com
If you do need to run plug-ins, make sure you enable click-to-play. Last week, we published a blog previewing the VB2014 paper ‘ Optimized mal-ops. Hack the ad network like a boss ‘ by Bromium researchers Vadim Kotov and Rahul Kashyap. In the paper, they show how purchasing ad space from legitimate ad servers, and…
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VB2014 preview: Optimized mal-ops. Hack the ad network like a boss
Researchers Vadim Kotov and Rahul Kashyap to discuss how advertisements are the new exploit kits. In the weeks running up to VB2014 (the 24th Virus Bulletin International Conference), we will look at some of the research that will be presented at the event. In the second of this series, we look at the paper ‘…