Nearly 1 million Windows devices targeted in advanced “malvertising” spree

You are exposed to this if you download illegal material from the Internet. Microsoft has dismantled a campaign that has infected more than 1 million devices.

Nearly 1 million Windows devices targeted in advanced “malvertising” spree

Nearly 1 million Windows devices were targeted in recent months by a sophisticated "malvertising" campaign that surreptitiously stole login credentials, cryptocurrency, and other sensitive information from infected machines, Microsoft said. The campaign began in December, when the attackers, who remain unknown, seeded websites with links that downloaded ads from malicious servers. The links led targeted machines through several intermediary site…

A large-scale malvertising campaign has impacted nearly a million devices worldwide, facilitating the theft of information from GitHub, Dropbox and Discord.

Microsoft reveals over a million PCs hit by malvertising campaign

The PCs ended up with infostealers that grabbed their login credentials and other secrets.

IT security researchers have discovered a sophisticated attack, a million computers are said to be affected, and the attackers have plugged into the advertising of illegal streaming sites.

Microsoft: nearly one million devices hit by malware spread through ads on illegal streaming websites

Microsoft writes that its threat analysis team detected a large-scale malvertising campaign that impacted nearly one million devices globally in December 2024.Read Entire Article