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Long lasting Magnitude EK malvertising campaign not affected by slowdown in EK activity

Malvertising campaign distributing Cerber ransomware linked to the actor behind Magnitude exploit kit. Despite a global slowdown in exploit kit activity, this particular distribution channel has remained active and strong. It will pop on one ad network, then onto another and come back again ad infinitum (no pun intended) Attackers favourite spot has been on torrent or streaming sites but also via monetized URL shorteners that use a pay per view/click model when people open up a shortened URL and have to wait for an advert to load.”]

Source: https://blog.malwarebytes.com/cybercrime/exploits/2016/07/long-lasting-magnitude-ek-malvertising-campaign-not-affected-by-slowdown-in-ek-activity/

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