Now, according to Trend Micro, the past 24 hours have seen a rash of new crypto-ransomware spreading through popular websites. The attack, dubbed Angler Exploit Kit, is taking advantage of vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash and Microsoft Silverlight, among others, to feed the malware through compromised ad networks.
Malwarebytes is reporting that the “malvertising” is hitting the BBC, MSN, nfl.com, The New York Times, my.xfinity.com and many others in the form of clickable banners. The anti-malware company provided lots of detail around the exploit, reporting a number of suspicious domains through which the ads are apparently served. Google’s ad network carried trackmytraffic[.]biz, while the AOL, Rubicon and AppNexus ad networks carried talk915[.]pw as well. Other suspicious domains include brentsmedia[.]com, evangmedia[.]com and shangjiamedia[.]com.
