A malvertising campaign has swamped most of the Netherlands’ most popular sites, affecting millions of users. The campaign began to take root on Sunday, when security firm Fox-IT noted a spike in incidents involving malware exploit kits. Spotted among those kits was the notorious Angler: the CaaS, or Crimeware-as-a-Service, that crooks have chosen to spread such nasties as the CryptoWall 4.0 ransomware. As of Monday, at least 288 websites had been infected with malvertising, exposing millions to poisoned ads.
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ORIGINAL SOURCE: Naked Security
