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MSN hit by large exploit kit malvertising campaign

Reported by itsecurityguru.org

Microsoft’s MSN web portal has been used by unknown attackers to serve up malicious advertising code that attempted to plant the Angler Exploit Kit on visitors’ computers.

MSN is the default home page for Microsoft’s Internet Explorer browser in its Windows operating system, and the company claims several hundreds of millions of visitors click through to the site every month.

Read the full article at itsecurityguru.org