YouTube shows ads for ad blocker, financial scams

After performing local experiments for a few months, YouTube recently expanded its effort to block ad blockers. The move was immediately unpopular with some users, and raised some questions in Europe about whether it was breaking privacy laws. In addition, there are some still some fundamental...

New Malvertising Campaign Uses Fake Windows News Portal to Distribute Malicious Installers

A new malvertising campaign has been found to employ fake sites that masquerade as legitimate Windows news portal to propagate a malicious installer for a popular system profiling tool called CPU-Z. "This incident is a part of a larger malvertising campaign that targets other utilities like...

CVE-2023-41798

Improper Neutralization of Formula Elements in a CSV File vulnerability in wpWax Directorist – WordPress Business Directory Plugin with Classified Ads Listing.This issue affects Directorist – WordPress Business Directory Plugin with Classified Ads Listings: from n/a through 7.7.1...

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Improper Neutralization of Formula Elements in a CSV File vulnerability in wpWax Directorist – WordPress Business Directory Plugin with Classified Ads Listing.This issue affects Directorist – WordPress Business Directory Plugin with Classified Ads Listings: from n/a through 7.7.1...

CVE-2023-41798

CVE-2023-41798 is a CSV injection vulnerability affecting the Directorist – WordPress Business Directory Plugin with Classified Ads Listings, specifically versions 7.7.1 and earlier. The root cause is improper neutralization of formulas in CSV files used by the plugin. Impact involves potential d...

NodeStealer Malware Hijacking Facebook Business Accounts for Malicious Ads

Compromised Facebook business accounts are being used to run bogus ads that employ "revealing photos of young women" as lures to trick victims into downloading an updated version of a malware called NodeStealer. "Clicking on ads immediately downloads an archive containing a malicious .exe 'Photo...

Motors – Car Dealer & Classified Ads <= 1.4.6 - Reflected XSS

Description The plugin does not sanitise and escape some parameters before outputting them back in the page, leading to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against high privilege users such as admin...

Trojanized PyCharm Software Version Delivered via Google Search Ads

A new malvertising campaign has been observed capitalizing on a compromised website to promote spurious versions of PyCharm on Google search results by leveraging Dynamic Search Ads. "Unbeknownst to the site owner, one of their ads was automatically created to promote a popular program for Python...

CVE-2023-5843

The Ads by datafeedr.com plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution in versions up to, and including, 1.1.3 via the 'dfadsajaxloadads' function. This allows unauthenticated attackers to execute code on the server. The parameters of the callable function are limited, they cannot b...

Malvertising via Dynamic Search Ads delivers malware bonanza

Most, if not all malvertising incidents result from a threat actor either injecting code within an existing ad, or intentionally creating one. Today, we look at a different scenario where, as strange as that may sound, malvertising was entirely accidental. The reason this happened was due to the...

CVE-2023-46208 WordPress Motors – Car Dealer & Classified Ads Plugin <= 1.4.6 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS)

Unauth. Reflected Cross-Site Scripting XSS vulnerability in StylemixThemes Motors – Car Dealer, Classifieds & Listing plugin = 1.4.6 versions...

Attackers Exploit Brazil’s PIX System with GoPIX Malware Campaign

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary The popularity of Brazils PIX payment system has attracted cybercriminals using GoPIX malware, targeting users searching for "WhatsApp web" with malicious ads. This poses a threat to users financial and...

Malvertising Campaign Targets Brazil's PIX Payment System with GoPIX Malware

The popularity of Brazil's PIX instant payment system has made it a lucrative target for threat actors looking to generate illicit profits using a new malware called GoPIX. Kaspersky, which has been tracking the active campaign since December 2022, said the attacks are pulled off using malicious...

Hong Kong residents targeted in malvertising campaigns for WhatsApp, Telegram

Malvertising is a powerful malware or scam delivery mechanism that makes it easy to target specific geographies or even users. A recent article from the South China Morning Post discussed an increase in malicious webpages for the popular WhatsApp communication tool, driven via malicious Google ad...

Malvertisers Using Google Ads to Target Users Searching for Popular Software

Details have emerged about a malvertising campaign that leverages Google Ads to direct users searching for popular software to fictitious landing pages and distribute next-stage payloads. Malwarebytes, which discovered the activity, said it's "unique in its way to fingerprint users and distribute...

WordPress Motors – Car Dealer & Classified Ads Plugin <= 1.4.6 is vulnerable to Server Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

Software Motors – Car Dealer & Classified Ads Type Plugin Vulnerable versions = 1.4.6 Fixed in 1.4.7 OWASP Top 10 A1: Injection Classification Server Side Request Forgery SSRF CVE CVE-2023-46207 Patch priority Low CVSS severity Low 4.1 Developer Claim ownership PSID 2e86ea9d7329 Credits Mika...

WordPress Motors – Car Dealer & Classified Ads Plugin <= 1.4.6 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS)

Software Motors – Car Dealer & Classified Ads Type Plugin Vulnerable versions = 1.4.6 Fixed in 1.4.7 OWASP Top 10 A7: Cross-Site Scripting XSS Classification Cross Site Scripting XSS CVE CVE-2023-46208 Patch priority High CVSS severity High 7.1 Developer Claim ownership PSID dac70b12e2be Credits...

venice-ads.venicexplorer.net Cross Site Scripting vulnerability OBB-3742553

Following the coordinated and responsible vulnerability disclosure guidelines of the ISO 29147 standard, Open Bug Bounty has: a. verified the vulnerability and confirmed its existence; b. notified the website operator about its existence. Technical details of the vulnerability are currently hidde...

Meta and TikTok consider charging users for ad-free experience

According to a report from the Wall Street Journal, Meta is considering charging its European users around $14 a month if they don't agree to personalized ads on Facebook and Instagram. On mobile devices, the price for a single account would be higher because Meta would factor in commissions...

CVE-2023-25989

Cross-Site Request Forgery CSRF vulnerability in Meks Video Importer, Meks Time Ago, Meks ThemeForest Smart Widget, Meks Smart Author Widget, Meks Audio Player, Meks Easy Maps, Meks Easy Photo Feed Widget, Meks Simple Flickr Widget, Meks Easy Ads Widget, Meks Smart Social Widget plugins leading...