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.
Researcher Jérôme Segura from security firm Malwarebytes reported users were served the malvertising when they simply browsed MSN news, lifestyle or other sections.
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