Zirconium's massive malvertising campaign reached more than half of ad-monetised websites last year

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Zirconium's massive malvertising campaign reached more than half of ad-monetised websites last year

A network of fake ad agencies and shell companies was used to run the operation

Cyber security firm Confiant has discovered a huge malvertising operation that ran through 2017, involving multiple fake advertising agencies, which built relationships with 16 different ad platforms and...

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