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Hackers use anti-adblocking service to deliver nasty malware attack

Reported by itsecurityguru.org

More than 500 websites that used a free analytics service inadvertently exposed their visitors to a nasty malware attack made possible by a hack of PageFair, the anti-adblocking company that provided the analytics.

The compromise started in the last few minutes of Halloween with a spearphishing e-mail that ultimately gave the attackers access to PageFair’s content distribution network account.

Read the full article at itsecurityguru.org