Since October, millions of internet users have been exposed to malicious code served from the pixels in tainted banner ads meant to install Trojans and spyware. The attack campaign, called Stegano, has been spreading from malicious ads in a number of reputable news websites, ESET said in a Tuesday blog post. Its been preying on Internet Explorer users by scanning for vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash and exploiting them. The malicious code is designed to infect victims with malware that can steal email password credentials.”]
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