Tucows Falls Victim to OpenX-Based Malvertizing Attack
Tucows is the latest victim of hackers, who exploit a recent OpenX vulnerability to push malicious code onto legit websites in the form of advertisements.
Malvertizements are ads riddled with malicious code, which either exploit vulnerabilities in outdated software to install malware or promote rogue applications (scareware).
According to a recent report from Web security vendor Dasient, as much as 1.6 million malvertisements are served on a daily basis to Web users. During the past week, a number of high profile websites including The Pirate Bay, AfterDawn or eSarcasm had their advertising operations compromised by hackers.
