Threat Actors Abuse Adtech Companies to Target Users With Malicious Ads By CyberDudeBivash (Bivash Kumar Nayak)
cyberdudebivash.com | cyberbivash.blogspot.com | cryptobivash.code.blog TL;DR Adtech and programmatic ad ecosystems are being abused by sophisticated threat actors — sometimes by groups that masquerade as or compromise adtech vendors — to deliver malvertising, drive-by malware, phishing funnels and large-scale redirects. Recent investigations name operations such as “Vane Viper” and link legitimate ad platforms to criminal TDS (traffic-distribution systems). This is now a top attack vector for mass compromise and targeted follow-on intrusions; defenders must treat ad traffic and ad vendors as first-class elements in their threat models. Cyber Security News +1 What’s happening (short) Researchers have uncovered large-scale operations where threat actors either directly operate adtech entities or compromise ad networks and affiliates to serve malicious ads at scale (malvertising). These campaigns have infected users across gaming, shopping, news and blog sites and produce...