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Ads are also used as infection vectors by spyware now. See: https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/intellexa-zero-day-exploits-continue https
by Iolaum 10mo ago
Ads are also used as infection vectors by spyware now. See:
https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/intellexa-zero-day-exploits-continue https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/int...
Note: Ctrl + F: malicious advertisements
as the purpose of the post was not to highlight that fact. But given that Google is an advertising company and they still mention it ...
- estimator7292 10mo ago....now? Friend, it has always been this way. Malware in ads is literally the primary reason we created adblockers in the dark mists of time. Flash was killed off because a majority of ads became cancerous Flash abominations executing all kinds of malicious code.
- Iolaum 10mo agoI stand corrected. Had heard the term malvertising but didn't happen to read such a concrete example like the one I shared. But from what you said I m sure many exist.