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Exploit kits remain a cybercrime staple against outdated software – 2016 threat landscape review series

January 23, 2017 admin Angler Exploit Kit, Antimalware research for IT pros and enthusiasts, Axpergle exploit kit, exploit kits, Exploits, Meadgive exploit kit, Microsoft Edge, ransomware, RIG exploit kit, steganography, sundown exploit kit, Windows 10, Windows Defender, Windows Defender ATP, zero-day exploit kit

Despite the disruption of Axpergle (Angler), which dominated the landscape in early 2016, exploit kits as a whole continued to be a threat to PCs running unpatched software. Some of the most prominent threats, from malvertising to ransomware, used exploit kits to infect millions of computers worldwide in 2016. The prevalence of exploit kits as an…

MalwareBytes Security

Clickjacking campaign abuses Google Adsense, avoids ad fraud bots

January 18, 2017 admin ad fraud, cybercrime, doubleclick, EK, exploit kits, google, Google Ads, Google Adsense, malvertising, malware

Ad fraud is a billion dollar problem for advertisers. When real users are tricked into clicking on ads they can’t even see, (almost) everyone loses.

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Cybercrime

Tags: ad fraud doubleclick EK exploit kits Google Google Ads Google Adsense malvertising malware

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