Kowsik Guruswamy

Malvertising attacks are surging beyond levels the industry has ever seen before. A recent study today found that instances of malware served by ad networks more than tripled between June 2014 and February 2015. Just this week, a malvertising attack impacted millions of users of the Plenty of Fish (pof.com) online dating site – a seemingly trusted site, but deemed vulnerable by an exploit kits. According to Malwarebytes, one of the ad networks that used pof.com was exploited as a key link in the attack chain that ultimately infected visitors’ devices with the Tinba banking Trojan. Similarly, a recent breach…