Malvertising and the Ransomware Cold War

Ransomware Cold War

In the wake of major ransomware incidents, Product Marketing Lead Gavin Dunaway examines the digital advertising industry’s role in preventing future attacks. “The whole game here is just a good ol’ fashioned Cold War intel op,” a colleague commented on recent high-profile ransomware attacks. Find the weakest human for a way in, and once you’re […]

Domain-cycling Powers Redirect Barrage

An early summer storm of phishing redirects uses domain-cycling and programmatic complexity to wreak havoc Redirects travel through multiple programmatic resellers to hit more than 1,000 publishers Malvertiser used dozens of domains to elude ad quality providers and blockers Recommendations: Continuous client-side scanning leveraging a variety of device and geo profiles to catch hyper-targeted malware […]