eicker.news ᳇ tech newsMar 5
A new report from The Media Trust reveals that #programmaticadvertising has become the primary channel for #malware, surpassing email scams and direct hacks. The report highlights the growing #threat posed by #maliciousads, which accounted for over 60% of malware and #phishing campaigns in 2025. https://www.businessinsider.com/programmatic-ads-overtake-email-top-malware-vector-the-media-trust-2026-3?eicker.news #tech #media #news
Online ads just became the internet's biggest malware machine, report says

Ads accounted for more than 60% of the malware and phishing campaigns observed by digital safety company The Media Trust in 2025, per a new report.

Business Insider
bedastApr 21, 2024

If Google is going to be aggressively fighting against ad blocking, they should be held to a far higher, potentially legal, standard for ensuring safe advertisements.

Because one of the really important reasons for using ad blocking is safety from scams and malware. And Google owns THE largest ad network, and it serves malicious ads every day.

#AdBlocking #Ads #MaliciousAds #Google #Alphabet #Youtube #Safety #Security

FreemindSep 29, 2023

Clicking on the link takes the user to a decoy page containing a rogue installer that runs a Visual Basic Script, likely connecting to an external server to receive the next-stage payload.

#Cybersecurity #Microsoft #AI #BingChat #MaliciousAds

https://cybersec84.wordpress.com/2023/09/29/microsoft-bing-chat-ads-beware-of-malware-distributing-sites/

Microsoft Bing Chat Ads: Beware of Malware-Distributing Sites

Microsoft Bing’s AI chatbot, powered by OpenAI’s GPT-4 language model, has become a breeding ground for malicious ads that distribute malware. Cybersecurity firm Malwarebytes discovered…

CyberSec84 | Cybersecurity news.
ITSEC NewsOct 8, 2020
RAINBOWMIX Apps in Google Play Serve Up Millions of Ad Fraud Victims - Collectively, 240 fraudulent Android apps -- masquerading as retro game emulators -- account for 1... https://threatpost.com/rainbowmix-apps-google-play-ad-fraud/159982/ #8-16bitcolorpalate #outofcontextads #mobilesecurity #maliciousads #websecurity #googleplay #rainbowmix #retrogames #emulator #nintendo #whiteops #malware #adfraud #android #oocads
RAINBOWMIX Apps in Google Play Serve Up Millions of Ad Fraud Victims

Collectively, 240 fraudulent Android apps — masquerading as retro game emulators — account for 14 million installs.

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ITSEC NewsApr 9, 2020
Copycat Site Serves Up Raccoon Stealer - Visitors to the fake site expecting antivirus offerings will instead encounter the Fallout exploit... more: https://threatpost.com/malwarebytes-copycat-site-raccoon-stealer/154638/ #wateringholeattack #falloutexploitkit #maliciousads #malvertising #malwarebytes #securityfirm #websecurity #copycatsite #cyberattack #antivirus #malware #popcash #raccoon #stealer
Copycat Site Serves Up Raccoon Stealer

Visitors to the fake site expecting antivirus offerings will instead encounter the Fallout exploit kit and a possible malware infection.

Threatpost - English - Global - threatpost.com