PornHub users hit by sustained, targeted malvertising campaign

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By Mark Wycislik-WilsonOct 10, 2017, 2:13 pm1.7k ptsInterestingTop
Millions of PornHub users in the US, UK, Canada and Australia were targeted by a malicious advertising campaign lasting for more than a year. The malvertising attack tried to trick users of the world's most popular porn site into installing fake browser updates. Security researchers from Proofpoint found that…

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