KnowBe4 Warns of Massive Web Ad Poisoning of News and Weather Sites
Summary
This network is used by companies such as Drudgereport.com, Weather.com, wunderground.com and has apparently spread to eBay and AOL.com, sites visited by millions of users according to security researchers at MalwareBytes and reported by ArsTechnica and SC Magazine. If someone then browses to a page with a poisoned ad on it, it is enough to run the risk a PC will be encrypted with ransomware, which costs an average of $500 dollars to get files back. Sjouwerman encourages IT managers to warn their staff and help them understand how such ad poisoning works so users are protected in any type of environment. KnowBe4 services 1500 organizations in a variety of industries, including highly-regulated fields such as healthcare, finance, energy, government and insurance and is experiencing explosive yearly growth of 300%. Today, Mitnick is renowned as an information security consultant and keynote speaker and has authored four books, including The New York Times best seller Ghost in the Wires.
