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 […]

Did malvertising kill the video star?

Large-scale video malware attack propagates across thousands of sites

Malware purveyors continue to evolve their craft, creatively using video to launch a large-scale malvertising attack late last week. Video has been an uncommon vector for malware, though its use is on the rise. What’s different is the massive reach of this particular attack and the ability to infect all browsers and devices.