Security firm Cyphort says the malicious ads have been spotted in the wild in Vietnam, Turkey, Japan, Saudi Arabia and Germany. SSL redirects have proven effective on an AOL-owned ad network that serves ads in many non-English-speaking countries. Attackers typically use a zero-day exploit and install ransomware, security firm’s Nick Bilogorskiy says. The number of victimized websites continues to grow, he says, and the attack is ongoing as we speak. It will end either when the attackers end their campaign, or when AOL is able to identify them and put a stop to them.”]
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