Ad Network Distributes Hundreds Of Infected Ads

A Scottish ad network that gets 10 billion impressions per month in his own words has been used in recent weeks to distribute hundreds of infected ads. Through the ads, which appeared under other porn sites and torrent sites, ransomware was disseminated.

This enables anti-malware company Malwarebytes . The company in the past two weeks had more than 400 unique infected ads of the Scottish advertising network AdsTerra, also known as Terra Clicks stemmed. Malwarebytes decided to warn AdsTerra but has not received a response yet. The ads direct visitors unnoticed by the Magnitude exploitkit. This exploitkit uses known vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player and Internet Explorer to infect computers with Cerber-ransomware.

Users who are not redirected to the Magnitude exploitkit, for example because they use certain security software or a virtual machine, will see a pop-up that there is a problem with their computer and they need to call a helpdesk. These are the familiar phone scam in which fraudsters try to gain access to the computer and victims to resolve not charge existing problems.

Popcorn Time Warns Consumers For False Sites

The popular video streaming service for movies and TV series Popcorn Time has users warned of the "competition" that offer scams, not working programs and even malware. Popcorn Time can be found on various websites, including PopcornTime.io and PopcornTime.se .

The original software was created by a group of developers from Argentina, who last March stopped it. A number of other development teams decided to take the original source code and themselves develop. This "forks" but are still under the name Popcorn Time. Thus, on Popcorntime.io offered a free open source version of the original Popcorn Time. Another variant of Popcorn Time is via Popcorn-time.se to download.

Now warns PopcornTime.io however there are numerous websites that are almost identical in appearance to the website of Popcorntime.io but contain advertisements or pay a monthly amount. According to the developers, the "Popcorn Time" brand by many malicious characters used to make money. It may involve websites that offer non-working software, but some of these sites distribute malware. Therefore, the developers have put some links online so consumers can check whether they are in the right website. In addition, there is also created a flow diagram which should help in making the right choice.