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On July 28, popular website Yahoo! became the one of the latest websites targeted by malicious ads that redirect to the Angler Exploit Kit, which attempts to take advantages of security holes in Adobe Flash. Yahoo! has an estimated 6.9 billion visitors per month.
From The New York Times:
The attack, which started on July 28, was the latest in a string that have exploited Internet advertising networks, which are designed to reach millions of people online. It also highlighted growing anxiety over a much-used graphics program called Adobe Flash, which has a history of security issues that have irked developers at Silicon Valley companies.
Malwarebytes and Business Insider provide more information about this specific incident.
Yahoo! became aware of the attack on August 3 and has released a statement indicating their team has "taken action" (shortened):
"Yahoo is committed to ensuring that both our advertisers and users have a safe and reliable experience. As soon as we learned of this issue, our team took action and will continue to investigate this issue.... We'll continue to ensure the quality and safety of our ads through our automated testing and through the SafeFrame working group...."
(Score: 3, Insightful) by acharax on Wednesday August 05 2015, @04:46AM
What those ad networks serve normally tends to be just as malicious, the malware just happens to be more honest about its purpose.
(Score: 2) by Snotnose on Wednesday August 05 2015, @11:34AM
I hit em up daily for the comics: https://news.yahoo.com/comics/ [yahoo.com]
I just wish they would allow me to customize which comics I see.
When the dust settled America realized it was saved by a porn star.
(Score: 2) by hendrikboom on Wednesday August 05 2015, @02:19PM
Try comic rocket: https://www.comic-rocket.com/ [comic-rocket.com]
It specialises in webcomics, but a lot of the regular newspaper comics *are* now webcomics, too. It's a tool that directs you to the web pages of the various comics.
I use the comicrocket app on my android tablet. It's a specialised browser that directs me to those same web pages, and makes it easy to step through their archives.
-- hendrik