Skype Delivers Angler

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Quote : " A recent malvertising campaign shows that platforms that display ads, even when they are not necessarily the browser, are not immune to the attack. An example of a popular non-browser application that shows ads is Skype. These images would be familiar to avid Skype users.
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This did not really bother us much until last night, when we saw an unusual spike from our charts due to a malvertising campaign via the AppNexus ad platform (adnxs.com).
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One of the platforms for infection that we observed was Skype. It was interesting to note that having the ad displayed in a platform external to the browser did not mean that the browser was no longer accessible and thus the user could no longer be affected.

...This is not the first time infections were launched via Skype though, previous reports already mentioned the Skype scenario in forums and security news. This particular campaign ended up redirecting to the Angler exploit kit. "

Searching..." Kill ads in Skype " :D
 

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