Malvertising (malicious advertising) typically exploits a vulnerability in a software program and recent variants do not require any user interaction to infect the user’s machine. Infections can include browser redirects to malicious sites, ransomware, bot creation, Trojans and more. Malicious software affects users, advertisers and publishers.
zveloLABS™ have been tracking a new campaign by cybercrooks, compromising and creating websites for use in SEO poisoning and malware distribution. Thousands of these sites have been detected which use elaborate techniques to trick search engines and are ready to serve malware in an instant.
This post is for those users who are not already familiar with this widespread and common threat known as “Rogue AV,” or fake antivirus software.
zveloLABS™ has uncovered thousands of compromised web servers hosting fake YouTube pages. Attempting to play the video on these fake pages prompts the user to install a ‘media codec’ which then infects the machine with malware.
zveloLABS™ is warning customers today of a new email scam circulating very quickly. These fraudulent emails claim to be from Google Staffing, Hallmark, Twitter as well as other social networks and legitimate businesses.