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Malvertising Is a Cybercrime Heavyweight, Not an Underdog

SecureWorld News

The concept of the term "malvertising" (a portmanteau of "malicious advertising") suggests an overlap with ads, albeit dodgy ones, and therefore fuels the fallacy that its impact hardly goes beyond frustration. Malvertising acts as a vessel for malware propagation. How does a malvertising attack unfold?

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Robin Hood of the Internet or the apocalypse of an industry

Dataconomy

Unscrupulous piracy services have ingeniously devised various revenue-generating mechanisms to perpetuate their illicit activities: Advertising : These nefarious platforms often amass revenue by enticing advertisers seeking a large number of impressions or clicks. One major issue is the presence of malware.