One year later, Rhadamanthys is still dropped via malvertising
Infostealers like Rhadamanthys continue to be a favorite among malware distributors who leverage search engine ads to lure victims.
Infostealers like Rhadamanthys continue to be a favorite among malware distributors who leverage search engine ads to lure victims.
Malvertising made a resurgence in 2023, with cybercriminals creating malicious ads and websites imitating Amazon, TradingView, and Rufus.
This week on the Lock and Code podcast, we speak with Jason Haddix about how businesses can protect against modern cyberthreats.
Threat actors are using all the tools at their disposal to deliver malware. Malicious ads are only one step in the chain, with compromised sites providing the free hosting and changing capabilities that can evade detection.
Chinese speaking users looking for Telegram, or LINE are being targeted with malicious ads. Instead of downloading the legitimate application, they install malware.
In recent malvertising campaigns, threat actors dropped the MetaStealer information stealer, more or less coinciding with a new version release.
PikaBot, a stealthy malware normally distributed via malspam is now being spread via malicious ads.
Threat actors are increasingly placing malicious ads for Zoom within Google searches.
A fake antivirus alert may suddenly hijack your screen while browsing. This latest malvertising campaign hit top publishers.
Users looking to download a popular PC utility may be tricked in this campaign where a threat actor has registered a website that copies content from a PC and Windows news portal.