StringRipper’s Malicious Combo Attack Threatens the Holidays

Super sophisticated phishing redirector marks a frightening evolution in malvertising.  Unlike the Grinch trying to steal holiday cheer, threats actors have set about spoiling the season with an incredible barrage of unwanted presents. For the past several months, The Media Trust has been battling StringRipper, a fierce evolving malicious campaign forcing redirects and delivering phishing […]

VAST Tags With Malicious Intent: Inside GhostCat’s Video Assault

The Media Trust’s Malware Desk takes a deep dive into an expansive phishing attack’s video invasion Externally, it seems like just another Video Ad Serving Template (VAST) tag with a parameter pointing to an MP4 file hosted on a major cloud storage platform. However, this seemingly innocuous advertisement is but the tip of the iceberg—the […]