When advertising turns nasty. (November 2015) - Mansfield-Devine, Steve
Abstract : In this ever more commercialised world, it's maybe not surprising that a pervasive social phenomenon, advertising, has its dark side. 'Malvertising' – the distribution of malware and other forms of cyber-attack via adverts on websites and embedded in mobile platform apps – is becoming an increasingly severe problem. 'Malvertising' – the distribution of malware and other forms of cyber-attack via adverts on websites and embedded in mobile platform apps – is becoming an increasingly severe problem. One of the chief problems is that the malware delivery mechanism operates within a trusted environment. So what can you do about it? Steve Mansfield-Devine finds out.