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The rise of technologies such as advertising technology (AdTech), especially search engine optimization (SEO) greatly benefits retailers and service providers in the virtual sphere. Just as an eye-catching billboard near a key intersection or an ad during prime-time TV and other forms of advertising were keys to success in years past, today’s marketers have learned to put their ads on popular social media sites, popular online games and other web vehicles in order to engage more… Source link

“The threat group’s motivations are currently unknown, but we suspect that the group is financially motivated based on the seemingly industry-agnostic leading to ransomware activity.” Researchers said, the DLL sample did not execute the VBScript when run by itself. However, when run with Mshta.exe – a Windows-native utility designed to execute Microsoft HTML Application (HTA) files – the Mshta.exe utility would locate and execute the VBScript without any issues. This… Source link

A malware actor used their own brand of SEO poisoning to distribute malicious files, according to research published Tuesday by Sophos. Sophos’ latest report concerns SolarMarker, a backdoor and information-stealing malware that was initially detected in late 2020. The malware was typically installed when victims visited a Google search result that has been planted near the top of a search due to threat actors’ search engine optimization (SEO) poisoning. These links are designed to get a… Source link