A week in security (November 5 – 11)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs, we looked at browser lockers that fly under the radar with complete obfuscation, transport and logistics in our series about compromising vital infrastructure, Google logins now requiring JavaScript, how to create a sticky cybersecurity training program, and an...

Updated ansible package fixes security vulnerabilities

It was found that inventory variables are loaded from current working directory when running ad-hoc command which are under attacker's control, allowing to run arbitrary code as a result CVE-2018-10874. It was found that ansible.cfg is being read from the current working directory, which can be...

Google logins: JavaScript now required

Google users: In news that may sound alarming, it is now a requirement for you to enable JavaScript. Why? When your username and password are entered on Google’s sign-in page, Google runs a risk assessment and only allows the sign-in if nothing looks suspicious. Recently, Google went about...

ad-international.org XSS vulnerability

Open Bug Bounty ID: OBB-695453 Description| Value ---|--- Affected Website:| ad-international.org Open Bug Bounty Program:| Create your bounty program now. It's open and free. Vulnerable Application:| Custom Code Vulnerability Type:| XSS Cross Site Scripting / CWE-79 CVSSv3 Score:| 6.1...

U.S. Elections True Test for Facebook’s Disinformation Crackdown

As the U.S. midterm elections commence on Tuesday, all eyes are on Facebook and other social-media companies to see how they continue to crack down on misinformation and other political meddling efforts on their platforms. Facebook for its part on Monday evening said it has barred an additional 1...

Trump’s ‘Racist’ Midterms Ad Backs Facebook Into a Corner

Facebook took down Donald Trump’s ad for violating its policies, but you can still watch the video on his profile...

CVE-2015-7266

The Interactive Advertising Bureau IAB OpenRTB 2.3 protocol implementation might allow remote attackers to conceal the status of ad transactions and potentially compromise bid integrity by leveraging failure to limit the time between bid responses and impression notifications, aka the Amnesia Bug...

Information disclosure

The Interactive Advertising Bureau IAB OpenRTB 2.3 protocol implementation might allow remote attackers to conceal the status of ad transactions and potentially compromise bid integrity by leveraging failure to limit the time between bid responses and impression notifications, aka the Amnesia Bug...

CVE-2015-7266

The CVE-2015-7266 entry concerns the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) OpenRTB 2.3 protocol implementation. Affected component: OpenRTB 2.3 protocol handling within the ad tech stack. Problem: an implementation flaw allows remote attackers to conceal the status of ad transactions and potential...

CVE-2015-7266

The Interactive Advertising Bureau IAB OpenRTB 2.3 protocol implementation might allow remote attackers to conceal the status of ad transactions and potentially compromise bid integrity by leveraging failure to limit the time between bid responses and impression notifications, aka the Amnesia Bug...

Android Ad-Fraud Scheme

BuzzFeed is reporting on a scheme where fraudsters buy legitimate Android apps, track users' behavior in order to mimic it in a way that evades bot detectors, and then uses bots to perpetuate an ad-fraud scheme. After being provided with a list of the apps and websites connected to the scheme,...

Mac malware intercepts encrypted web traffic for ad injection

Last week, Malwarebytes researcher Adam Thomas found an interesting new piece of Mac malware that exhibits some troubling behaviors, including intercepting encrypted web traffic to inject ads. Let's take a closer look at this adware, which Malwarebytes for Mac detects as OSX.SearchAwesome, to see...

Voice of the Customer: Walmart embraces the cloud with Azure Active Directory

Todays post was written by Sue Bohn, partner director of Program Management and Ben Byford and Gerald Corson, senior directors of Identity and Access Management at Walmart. Greetings! Im Sue Bohn, partner director of Program Management at Microsoft. Im an insatiable, lifelong learner and I lead t...

Nameles - Open Source Entropy Based Invalid Traffic Detection And Pre-Bid Filtering

Nameles provides an easy to deploy, scalable IVT detection and filtering solution that is proven to detect at a high level of accuracy ad fraud and other types of invalid traffic such as web scraping. For a high level overview you might want to check out the website If you have any questions or...

Go Live! Addressable, Ad-Supported, Live Video At Scale

Live streaming poses a unique set of challenges and online audiences can only be monetized to the extent that they remain engaged. From an advertising perspective, the viewing experience between your live content and the ads needs to not only be seamless, but also highly targeted in order to...

Collaborate securely

This is a blog series that responds to common questions we receive from customers about deployment of Microsoft 365 security solutions. In this series youll find context, answers, and guidance for deployment and driving adoption within your organization. Check out Protecting user identities, the...

Once Popular Online Ad Format Opens Top Tier Sites to XSS Attacks

Certain types of online ads that expand, contract and pop-open aren’t just annoying – they can sometimes be dangerous. The ads in question are called expandable ads, which use what is called iFrame Busters code. The ads, together with iFrame Buster code, are designed to break the limits of a...

ad-autodienst.de XSS vulnerability

Open Bug Bounty ID: OBB-673490 Description| Value ---|--- Affected Website:| ad-autodienst.de Open Bug Bounty Program:| Create your bounty program now. It's open and free. Vulnerable Application:| Custom Code Vulnerability Type:| XSS Cross Site Scripting / CWE-79 CVSSv3 Score:| 6.1...

Tiny Island Atoll’s Domain Used in Widespread Ad Fraud

A scam campaign involving “.tk” domains has been active since at least May 2018, redirecting unsuspecting users to fake blogger sites that are collectively bringing in close to $22,000 per month in advertising revenue. The same actors have also been spotted running a tech-support scam in tandem,...

Protecting user identities

This is a blog series that responds to common questions we receive from customers about the deployment of Microsoft 365 security solutions. In this series, youll find context, answers, and guidance for deployment and driving adoption within your organization. Check out Cybersecurity threats: How ...