Malware Madness: Microsoft’s Malvertising Scare Hits a Million Devices!
Microsoft has uncovered a malvertising campaign that exposed nearly a million devices to information theft. Pirate video-streaming sites embedded malvertising redirectors, leading users through multiple malicious redirects ultimately hosted on GitHub. While the harmful GitHub repositories have been taken down, the campaign’s complexity highlights the persistent threat of information thieves.
Hot Take:
Ah, the internet, where pirates aren’t just on the high seas but also on dodgy vid-streaming websites! Microsoft playing Sherlock Holmes on the cyber seas is a tale as old as time. Just imagine: a treasure map where ‘X’ marks the spot, except here, ‘X’ is on GitHub and the treasure is your personal data. Argh, mateys, time to walk the plank or at least reset your passwords!
Key Points:
- Microsoft detected a malvertising campaign leveraging GitHub to host malicious payloads.
- The campaign featured multiple redirect layers, ultimately targeting user data theft.
- Red Hat becomes a CVE numbering authority, highlighting their commitment to security.
- Cisco warns against the exploitation of an old CVE with no forthcoming fix.
- Phone cleaner apps are sharing user data, much to nobody’s surprise.