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Chrome for iOS falls victim to Easter malvertising attack

Written by MS Power User | Apr 19, 2019 4:00:00 AM

The holiday season is often when malware attackers strike the hardest. users are often at their most relaxed and advertising companies are at their most unstaffed.

Security company Confiant identified a new malvertising campaign that targets users of Appleā€™s iOS platform. The threat actors are called eGobbler, and they make use of popups and redirects to trick hapless consumers into giving away their data.

According to Confiant:

"Like other bad actors, eGobbler leverages cloaking techniques and obfuscation to make their payloads looks like legitimate ads, but a closer look at the payload behind these recent attacks reveals a very special twist!"

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