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.

Cyber Criminals Diving Brand New Flash Player Flaw

Visitors to the emergency patch this week for Adobe Flash Player are not yet installed get urgent advice to do so directly, since cyber criminals are now actively trying to infect computers with malware through the vulnerability.

The vulnerability attackers can take the computer completely. Visiting a hacked or malicious Web site or see getting an infected ads is sufficient. There is no further interaction is required. In announcing the emergency patch let Adobe know that the vulnerability on a limited scale was used in targeted attacks. It is in this case usually attacks against companies and organizations with valuable information.

Exploitkit

Security Researcher JuK of the blog Malware Do not Need Coffee now reports that an exploit that vulnerability uses the Magnitude Exploitkit added. This means that much more Internet users run the risk of being attacked via the leak. There contaminated ads in the past on Yahoo appeared that visitors to the Magnitude Exploitkit sent them. Last month, warned security company Zscaler for infectious ads that were distributed on the Internet in conjunction with the exploitkit.

In the case of Internet users their Flash Player not have up-to-date with the exploitkit come into contact CryptoWall-ransomware is installed on the computer. This ransomware encrypts files on the computer for ransom. Last week, the Magnitude Exploitkit was already in the news because an exploit for another just patched Flash Player flaw had been added to the arsenal. Users who have installed Flash Player belong version 18.0.0.194 to use. This page shows you which version is installed on the computer.