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Fantasy Football Malvertising – Daily Security Byte EP. 175

November 11, 2015 By Corey Nachreiner

Whether you’re talking about soccer in Europe, or U.S. football in the states, fantasy football leagues have become very popular lately, which is why criminal hackers have noticed and might start targeting them. Today’s video talks about how a popular UK fantasy football site has become infecting with evil malvertising. Watch below to learn how you can protect yourself from these sorts of ad-based drive-by downloads.

(Episode Runtime: 2:42)

Direct YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tlHgUko21c

EPISODE REFERENCES:

  • MalwareBytes post on the Barclay’s Premier League malvertising – MalwareBytes
  • Barclay’s fantasy football site serves malicious Flash to 16M visitors – IT Pro

— Corey Nachreiner, CISSP (@SecAdept)

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