Hello There!
Global Malware trend do suggest that 'Malvertising'-(Malicious adverts hosted on a legitimate site), is on rise. Back-to-back incidents have taken place in the UK with first being the London Stock exchange website found hosting a booby-trapped adverts, then Music streaming service- Spotify & now an another Govt. aided website inadvertently hosting a link that re-directed the users to a FAKE Antivirus website, promising fix against the Bogus issues!
The very first instance also suggested that a visitor to the LSE website didn't even need a click on the affected advert, but mere its loading prompted the users to apply fixes against the bogus issues found on their machines!?
Are the current Anti-malware solutions capable of averting such attacks? I can only think of using Firefox bolstered with extensions like Ad-Block Plus & NoScript, as a only solution to prevent such a vicious breach?
Any Inputs....?
Make sure to check out the following references:::
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-12597819http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-12891182http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-12904585
