MALWARE IN YAHOO ADS MAY HAVE INFECTED MILLIONS OF VISITORS

 

According to online security firm Fox IT based in the Netherlands, users who clicked on ads from the site were redirected to sites that exploited vulnerabilities in Java and installed a host of different malware.  The malware may have begun spreading from December 30.

 

Yahoo says it is monitoring the problem.  'We recently identified an ad designed to spread malware to some of our users. We immediately removed it and will continue to monitor and block any ads being used for this activity', they said.

 

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