WordPress sites backdoored with ad fraud plugin

Categories: Threat Intelligence

Tags: ad fraud

Tags: popunder

Tags: ads

Tags: fraud

Tags: wordpress

Tags: plugins

Popunders are the ideal vehicle to serve ad fraud. In this case, we investigate a scheme where a webpage you can’t see is loading a bunch of ads while code mimics user activity by scrolling and visiting links.

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VASTFLUX ad fraud massively affected millions of iOS devices, dismantled

Categories: Apple

Categories: News

Tags: VASTFLUX

Tags: HUMAN

Tags: fast flux

Tags: VAST

Tags: Matryoshka

Tags: JavaScript

Tags: JS

Tags: iOS

Tags: ad fraud

Tags: malvertising

Tags: Video Ad Serving Template

Tags: VAST

Tags: command-and-control

Tags: C2

An evasive ad fraud campaign affecting iOS users has come to light. It’s called VASTFLUX.

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A week in security (December 19 – 25)

Categories: News

Tags: security vulnerabilities

Tags: cryptocurrency

Tags: lock and code

Tags: SevenRooms

Tags: adult popunder

Tags: ad fraud

Tags: AV-TEST

Tags: Gemini

Tags: cryptocurrency

Tags: Play ransomware

Tags: ransomware

Tags: blocking IP addresses

Tags: BEC scam

Tags: BEC

Tags: Bricklink

Tags: Lego

Tags: Netflix

Tags: Disney+

Tags: password sharing

Tags: The Guardian

Tags: ransomware attack

Tags: Godfather malware

Tags: Godfather

Tags: Android banking malware

The most interesting security related news from the week of December 19 to 25.

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TrustPid is another worrying, imperfect attempt to replace tracking cookies

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Wed, 01 Jun 2022 23:20:04 +0000

German ISPs are working on the introduction of TrustPid. A supercookie that is intended to replace tracking cookies.

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Google purges 600 Android apps for “disruptive” pop-up ads

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2020 12:26:22 +0000

These apps plunk ads in front of us when we’re trying to do something else, often leading to inadvertent ad clicks and much cursing.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/xlWz9s2MFTA” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Ad fraud: Fake local news sites are rolling in the dough

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Tue, 03 Dec 2019 11:11:41 +0000

“forbesbusinessinsider.com?” Names like that sound close enough to real news domains to pass, but bots are the only ones visiting.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/qLSQ70kb1xM” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Web clickjacking fraud makes a comeback thanks to JavaScript tricks

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2019 14:30:29 +0000

More than a decade after hitting the headlines, clickjacking fraud remains an under-reported hazard on hundreds of popular websites.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/wf8a5TMpoNo” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Fake jquery campaign leads to malvertising and ad fraud schemes

Credit to Author: Jérôme Segura| Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2019 16:14:35 +0000

We look for answers in a long-running and yet mysterious malware campaign that has compromised thousands of websites to date.

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