Tens of millions of PCS in the world Threatened ' Malvertising '
California - Over 10 million PCS worldwide could potentially be exposed to malware. The malware can spread through ads that tempt and its spread is referred to by the term malvertising.
Reported by PCworld, more than 10 million users visit websites that contain ads laden malware in the last ten days. According to security company Cyphort, this malware can infect your computer.
During the last few months, Cyphort browse the assortment of malicious ads. Users can become the target of malware spread through online advertising on the internet.
When the user is exposed to malware, then the user's browser automatically distracted towards another website prepared by the attacker. On the website, users can get malware through the software package ' exploit kit '.
The hacker or attacker could use the SSL/TLS (Secure Sockets Layer/Transport Layer Security) to be difficult for researchers to find ways how users were able to log onto fraudulent websites from the pages of the original website.
To further disseminate malware, hackers even sending malicious advertising (malicious ads) to the Publisher's website through the online marketing firm E-planning. Nick Bilogorskiy, chief security researcher at Cyphort, says that it has already contacted E-planning to fix the malware problem.
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