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Malicious code in ads-api-report-fetcher (npm)
The package contains code to exfiltrate local machine information to a remote server over DNS. --- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: ghsa-malware 57e20c733e3432bce50d7684946f0b982e3dd599d8a2df2689208afe1237c24d Any computer that has this package installed or running...
MAL-2024-9215 Malicious code in ads-api-report-fetcher (npm)
The package contains code to exfiltrate local machine information to a remote server over DNS. --- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: ghsa-malware 57e20c733e3432bce50d7684946f0b982e3dd599d8a2df2689208afe1237c24d Any computer that has this package installed or running...
Large scale Google Ads campaign targets utility software
After what seemed like a long hiatus, we've observed threat actors returning to malvertising to drop malware disguised as software downloads. The campaign we identified is high-impact, going after utility software such as Slack, Notion, Calendly, Odoo, Basecamp, and others. For this blog, we...
E.U. Court Limits Meta's Use of Personal Facebook Data for Targeted Ads
Europe's top court has ruled that Meta Platforms must restrict the use of personal data harvested from Facebook for serving targeted ads even when users consent to their information being used for advertising purposes, a move that could have serious consequences for ad-driven companies operating ...
Fake Disney+ activation page redirects to pornographic scam
A common way to activate digital subscriptions such as Netflix, Prime or Disney+ on a new TV is to visit a website and enter the code seen on your screen. It's much easier than having to authenticate using a remote and typing a username and password. Scammers are creating fake activation pages th...
Fake League of Legends Download Ads Spread Lumma Stealer Malware
League of Legends fans beware! A new malware campaign targeting the League of Legends World Championship is spreading…...
How the Necro Trojan infiltrated Google Play, again
Introduction We sometimes come across modified applications when analyzing suspicious files. These are created in response to user requests for more customization options within the app or for new features that the official versions don't have. Unfortunately, it's not uncommon for popular mods to...
Walmart customers scammed via fake shopping lists, threatened with arrest
Shopping online or attempting to get in touch with a store is a little bit like walking on a minefield: you might get lucky or take a wrong step and get scammed. Case in point, a malicious ad campaign is abusing Walmart Lists, a kind of virtual shopping list customers can share with family and...
Snapchat wants to put your AI-generated face in its ads
Snapchat is reserving the right to use your selfie images to power Cameos, Generative AI, and other experiences on Snapchat, including ads, according to our friends at 404 Media, The Snapchat Support page about its My Selfie feature says: “You’ll take selfies with your Snap camera or select image...
Scammers advertise fake AppleCare+ service via GitHub repos
Weve uncovered a malicious campaign going after Mac users looking for support or extended warranty from Apple via the AppleCare+ support plans. The perpetrators are buying Google ads to lure in their victims and redirect them to bogus pages hosted on GitHub, the developer and code repository...
CVE-2024-8317
The WP AdCenter – Ad Manager & Adsense Ads plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘adalignment’ attribute in all versions up to, and including, 2.5.6 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers,...
CVE-2024-8317 WP AdCenter – Ad Manager & Adsense Ads <= 2.5.6 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via ad_alignment Attribute
The WP AdCenter – Ad Manager & Adsense Ads plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘adalignment’ attribute in all versions up to, and including, 2.5.6 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers,...
Lowe’s employees phished via Google ads
In mid-August, we identified a malvertising campaign targeting Lowes employees via Google ads. Like many large corporations, Lowes has their own employe portal called MyLowesLife, for all matters related to schedule, pay stubs, or benefits. Lowes employees who searched for "myloweslife" during th...
CVE-2024-44919
A cross-site scripting XSS vulnerability in the component adminads.php of SeaCMS v12.9 allows attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts or HTML via a crafted payload injected into the ad description parameter...
The Present and Future of TV Surveillance
Ars Technica has a good article on whats happening in the world of television surveillance. More than even I realized...
PSA: These ‘Microsoft Support’ ploys may just fool you
Many people turn to their favorite search engine when they are facing an issue with their computer. One common search query is to look for the telephone number or contact form for Microsoft, Apple or one of many other brands. Scammers have long been interested in pretending to be Microsoft...
Fraudulent Slack ad shows malvertiser’s patience and skills
In the past year alone, we have reported almost five hundred unique malvertising incidents related to Google search ads. While it can be difficult to attribute each incident to a specific threat actor, we usually notice similarities between campaigns. Some malvertisers go to great lengths to bypa...
GO-2022-0794 Weave Net clusters susceptible to MitM attacks via IPv6 rogue router advertisements in github.com/weaveworks/weave
Weave Net clusters susceptible to MitM attacks via IPv6 rogue router advertisements in github.com/weaveworks/weave...
Dozens of Google products targeted by scammers via malicious search ads
In a previous blog, we saw criminals distribute malware via malicious ads for Google Authenticator. This time, brazen malvertisers went as far as impersonating Googles entire product line and redirecting victims to a fake Google home page. Clearly not afraid of poking the bear, they even used and...
CVE-2024-42374
BEx Web Java Runtime Export Web Service does not sufficiently validate an XML document accepted from an untrusted source. An attacker can retrieve information from the SAP ADS system and exhaust the number of XMLForm service which makes the SAP ADS rendering PDF creation unavailable. This affects...