Common Information
| Type | Value |
|---|---|
| Value |
Malvertising - T1583.008 |
| Category | Attack-Pattern |
| Type | Mitre-Attack-Pattern |
| Misp Type | Cluster |
| Description | Adversaries may purchase online advertisements that can be abused to distribute malware to victims. Ads can be purchased to plant as well as favorably position artifacts in specific locations online, such as prominently placed within search engine results. These ads may make it more difficult for users to distinguish between actual search results and advertisements.(Citation: spamhaus-malvertising) Purchased ads may also target specific audiences using the advertising network’s capabilities, potentially further taking advantage of the trust inherently given to search engines and popular websites. Adversaries may purchase ads and other resources to help distribute artifacts containing malicious code to victims. Purchased ads may attempt to impersonate or spoof well-known brands. For example, these spoofed ads may trick victims into clicking the ad which could then send them to a malicious domain that may be a clone of official websites containing trojanized versions of the advertised software.(Citation: Masquerads-Guardio)(Citation: FBI-search) Adversary’s efforts to create malicious domains and purchase advertisements may also be automated at scale to better resist cleanup efforts.(Citation: sentinelone-malvertising) Malvertising may be used to support [Drive-by Target](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1608/004) and [Drive-by Compromise](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1189), potentially requiring limited interaction from the user if the ad contains code/exploits that infect the target system's web browser.(Citation: BBC-malvertising) Adversaries may also employ several techniques to evade detection by the advertising network. For example, adversaries may dynamically route ad clicks to send automated crawler/policy enforcer traffic to benign sites while validating potential targets then sending victims referred from real ad clicks to malicious pages. This infection vector may therefore remain hidden from the ad network as well as any visitor not reaching the malicious sites with a valid identifier from clicking on the advertisement.(Citation: Masquerads-Guardio) Other tricks, such as intentional typos to avoid brand reputation monitoring, may also be used to evade automated detection.(Citation: spamhaus-malvertising) |
| Details | Published | Attributes | CTI | Title | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Details | Website | 2023-05-09 | 19 | Threat Assessment: Royal Ransomware | ||
| Details | Website | 2023-05-09 | 6 | Ritingsynther.com Pop-Up Virus Removal | ||
| Details | Website | 2023-05-09 | 36 | Fake system update drops Aurora stealer via Invalid Printer loader | ||
| Details | Website | 2023-05-05 | 1 | Invisible Intruders: The Rise of Fileless Malware | ||
| Details | Website | 2023-05-05 | 3 | New Malware Granting Threat Actors Hidden VNC Access | ||
| Details | Website | 2023-05-05 | 0 | Zaraza bot infostealer targets numerous search engines | ||
| Details | Website | 2023-05-03 | 1 | IcedID: Exploring Four Recent Malware Infection Techniques | ||
| Details | Website | 2023-05-03 | 32 | Atomic Stealer | Threat Actor Spawns Second Variant of macOS Malware Sold on Telegram | ||
| Details | Website | 2023-05-03 | 2 | Dragon Breath APT Uses Double DLL Sideloading Tactic | Cyware Hacker News | ||
| Details | Website | 2023-05-02 | 1 | LOBSHOT: A Stealthy, Financial Trojan and Info Stealer Delivered through Google Ads | ||
| Details | Website | 2023-05-02 | 1 | LOBSHOT: A Stealthy, Financial Trojan and Info Stealer Delivered through Google Ads - RedPacket Security | ||
| Details | Website | 2023-05-02 | 7 | Malware Analysis Digest: April 2023 | ||
| Details | Website | 2023-05-01 | 6 | All You Need to Know About the Top Ransomware Groups | ||
| Details | Website | 2023-05-01 | 0 | Vietnamese Threat Actor Infects 500,000 Devices Using 'Malverposting' Tactics | ||
| Details | Website | 2023-05-01 | 3 | New 'Lobshot' hVNC Malware Used by Russian Cybercriminals | ||
| Details | Website | 2023-05-01 | 0 | Fake Windows Update Campaign Drops Aurora Stealer | Cyware Hacker News | ||
| Details | Website | 2023-04-28 | 0 | Ransomware: Understanding the Threat Landscape and How to Protect Yourself | ||
| Details | Website | 2023-04-27 | 0 | RSA Conference 2023: How hackers can fool ChatGPT’s defences to create ransomware | IT World Canada News | ||
| Details | Website | 2023-04-27 | 0 | SANS Reveals Top 5 Most Dangerous Cyberattacks for 2023 | ||
| Details | Website | 2023-04-27 | 1 | New LOBSHOT Malware Deployed Via Google Ads | ||
| Details | Website | 2023-04-27 | 0 | Digital Intruders: 7 Ways Hackers Can Breach Your Smartphone’s Security | ||
| Details | Website | 2023-04-27 | 0 | 5 most dangerous new attack techniques | ||
| Details | Website | 2023-04-26 | 5 | Оneettinlive.com Pop-Ups Removal | ||
| Details | Website | 2023-04-25 | 0 | A clipper malware called CryptoClippy targets Portugal | ||
| Details | Website | 2023-04-25 | 54 | Anomali Cyber Watch: Two Supply-Chain Attacks Chained Together, Decoy Dog Stealthy DNS Communication, EvilExtractor Exfiltrates to FTP Server |