Infected Ads On MSN.com Spread Malware

Cyber ​​criminals have managed to infected ads on MSN.com get, the web portal of Microsoft, who then attempted to install malware on visitors. It is the same group of criminals who had previously been infected ads on the websites of Yahoo got.

Reported anti-virus company Malwarebytes. The ads redirect users to a page with the Angler-exploitkit. This exploitkit uses known vulnerabilities include Adobe Flash Player that users are not patched. What was there for malware through compromised advertisements installed is unknown, but through the Angler-exploitkit often ransomware malware and distributed for advertising fraud.

The infected ads came from the ad network AdSpirit.de, already described for the display of advertisements was infected on many popular websites responsible, including Yahoo. Picked up in the case of MSN advertising was via AppNexus at AdSpirit. AppNexus in June was also involved in infectious ads on the website of The Telegraph. Meanwhile the infected ads MSN.com removed.

Great Campaign With Infected Ads On Yahoo

Cyber criminals have used the Yahoo ad network to spread contagious among Internet ads. According to anti-virus firm Malwarebytes involved a large-scale attack that began on July 28. The advertisements appeared on various Yahoo sites.

It was among other things, yahoo.com , news.yahoo.com and games.yahoo.com . The websites get together about 6.9 billion visitors per month. The ads showed visitors from Yahoo unnoticed load a page with the Angler exploitkit. This exploitkit uses known vulnerabilities include Adobe Flash Player that users are not patched.

It is unknown what type of malware is installed on a successful attack on computers, but in the past Angler's exploitkit used to infect computers with malware and ransomware committing click fraud. After being informed Yahoo pulled the ad campaign from the air. The Internet giant states in response that it and other Internet companies working on a secure "advertising experience."