The website is according to market researcher Alexa at the 101st place of most visited websites in the United States and a 485ste place worldwide. It is estimated that Realtor.com monthly 28 million visitors. The attackers previously infected ads on the English website of eBay, Drudge Report and other major websites were seated according to anti-malware company Malwarebytes also behind this attack. Through advertising network Adspirit.net the affected ads were posted on the website.
The ads sent visitors without being noticed this through to a website with the Angler-exploitkit. This exploitkit uses known vulnerabilities include Adobe Flash Player and Internet Explorer to install malware. For whatever it's malware was not disclosed. After being informed, the publisher of Realtor.com and Adspirit off the ads. Internet users whose software was up-to-date were no known risk. Yesterday it became known that criminals a week infected ads on Forbes.com have shown.
The ads sent visitors without being noticed this through to a website with the Angler-exploitkit. This exploitkit uses known vulnerabilities include Adobe Flash Player and Internet Explorer to install malware. For whatever it's malware was not disclosed. After being informed, the publisher of Realtor.com and Adspirit off the ads. Internet users whose software was up-to-date were no known risk. Yesterday it became known that criminals a week infected ads on Forbes.com have shown.
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