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 | 2016-11-14 | 14 | Ransoc Desktop Locking Ransomware Ransacks Local Files and Social Media Profiles | Proofpoint | ||
| Details | Website | 2016-11-10 | 4 | Svpeng.q Trojan infects Android devices from Google AdSense | ||
| Details | Website | 2016-11-09 | 23 | Exploit kits: Fall 2016 review | Malwarebytes Labs | ||
| Details | Website | 2016-11-07 | 1 | A week in security (Oct 30 – Nov 05) | Malwarebytes Labs | ||
| Details | Website | 2016-11-04 | 14 | The Evolution of Cerber… v4.1.x | ||
| Details | Website | 2016-11-01 | 315 | The HookAds malvertising campaign | Malwarebytes Labs | ||
| Details | Website | 2016-10-24 | 2 | A week in security (Oct 16 – Oct 22) | Malwarebytes Labs | ||
| Details | Website | 2016-10-24 | 37 | Introducing TrickBot, Dyreza's successor | Malwarebytes Labs | ||
| Details | Website | 2016-10-19 | 0 | The global impact of ransomware | Malwarebytes Labs | ||
| Details | Website | 2016-10-17 | 10 | New-looking Sundown EK drops Smoke Loader, Kronos banker | Malwarebytes Labs | ||
| Details | Website | 2016-10-03 | 28 | Nemucod and Locky | ||
| Details | Website | 2016-10-03 | 3 | A week in security (Sep 25 – Oct 01) | Malwarebytes Labs | ||
| Details | Website | 2016-09-27 | 37 | The Evolution of Cerber | ||
| Details | Website | 2016-09-26 | 2 | A week in security (Sep 18 – Sep 24) | Malwarebytes Labs | ||
| Details | Website | 2016-09-19 | 0 | A week in security (Sep 11 – Sep 17) | Malwarebytes Labs | ||
| Details | Website | 2016-08-30 | 1 | Is it the End of Angler ? | ||
| Details | Website | 2016-08-29 | 16 | Browser-based fingerprinting: implications and mitigations | Malwarebytes Labs | ||
| Details | Website | 2016-08-24 | 0 | How to secure your remote workers | Malwarebytes Labs | ||
| Details | Website | 2016-08-15 | 0 | A week in security (Aug 07 – Aug 13) | Malwarebytes Labs | ||
| Details | Website | 2016-07-26 | 115 | A look into some RIG exploit kit campaigns | Malwarebytes Labs | ||
| Details | Website | 2016-07-25 | 0 | A week in security (Jul 17 – Jul 23) | Malwarebytes Labs | ||
| Details | Website | 2016-07-20 | 24 | 131 Cybersecurity Tips that Anyone Can Apply | ||
| Details | Website | 2016-07-11 | 0 | A week in security (Jul 03 – Jul 09) | Malwarebytes Labs | ||
| Details | Website | 2016-07-04 | 4 | Malvertising slowing down, but not out | Malwarebytes Labs | ||
| Details | Website | 2016-06-28 | 20 | Neutrino EK: fingerprinting in a Flash | Malwarebytes Labs |