Yahoo Hit With Large Scale Flash Malware Campaign
I first read about this early last week, but thought it would be of interest? If, nothing else, a reminder to use only the most current version of Flash Player. Better yet, keep Flash disabled by default in your browser. You can always enable it when needed.
Security researchers at Malwarebytes discovered a large scale campaign to embed malware in Yahoo Flash based ads. Apparently, with intent to exploit a Flash Player vulnerability to inject drive-by malware from Yahoo infected pages. The exploit is thought to have been going on for a week before being detected, with Malwarebytes estimating as much as 6.9 Billion visitors having past through the site during this period. Which would make it one of the largest attempts of ad based malware to date. You can read the article here at Large Malvertising Campaign Takes on Yahoo!
Facebookâs new chief security officer, Alex Stamos, has even called on Adobe to set an end of life for Flash, as it continues to be one of the most exploited apps used to distribute malware.
Security researchers at Malwarebytes discovered a large scale campaign to embed malware in Yahoo Flash based ads. Apparently, with intent to exploit a Flash Player vulnerability to inject drive-by malware from Yahoo infected pages. The exploit is thought to have been going on for a week before being detected, with Malwarebytes estimating as much as 6.9 Billion visitors having past through the site during this period. Which would make it one of the largest attempts of ad based malware to date. You can read the article here at Large Malvertising Campaign Takes on Yahoo!
Facebookâs new chief security officer, Alex Stamos, has even called on Adobe to set an end of life for Flash, as it continues to be one of the most exploited apps used to distribute malware.
