Introduction to Malvertising (Basic over view)

1. PRE Null Meet up
ON
Introduction
to
malvertising

2. About Me :
My name is Mohd Arif
I am student of CSIT Mech-5th sem
Volunteer at Null , Mozilla (open source community)
Keen interest in Ethical hacking and Cyber security
Sad but true I am engineer

3. What is malvertising ??

4. Cyber criminal use to do miscellaneous activity !
Such as spreading malware , virus .
What is malware ?
software which is specifically designed to disrupt, damage, or gain authorized
access to a computer system.

5. Finally , What is malvertising ?
Malvertising is a way to spread malware by
using online advertising.
Malvertising is a process of posting malicious
adds in different advertising pages or in any
webpage where usually traffic is more .

6. Spread in two ways
1.By clicking on adds
2.doesn't require users to click on ads. Instead, it involves what security
experts call a drive-by download." In this scenario, the victim becomes
infected simply by loading the Web page. The malicious ads contain
links, embedded in lines of code called iframes, that make browsers
silently fetch software from malicious Web pages. Most users won't
realize it's happening.

7. Examples:

10. According to : Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) and Ernst &
Young joint report
The digital advertising industry loses approximately $8.2 billion to
fraudulent activity -- $2.4 billion to piracy, $4.6 billion to invalid
traffic, and over $1.1 billion to malvertising .
Visit : https://www.iab.com/our-story/ to know about IAB

11. What can malware do ?

12. They slow down your system .
They can install backdoor in your system.
They can encrypt your data.
They can give the remote access of your system to
wrong person (Hacker).
Record your passwords.

13. Over look to how malvertising
work ?

14. How malware work ?

15. How to protect
your self ??

16. How to protect from Malvertising ?
 Limiting to Downloads (only from trust worthy
resource)
 Configure your browser settings
 Disable unused plugins or Extensions
 Regularly update your system and software
 Update your adobe flash players
 Enable your add-blocker

18. Whole purpose is to infect the unsuspecting website
visitor
To gain unauthorized access to normal people or to
company's to steel the private data

19. References:
https://www.tomsguide.com/us/malvertising-what-it-is,news-19877.html
https://www.theverge.com/2015/8/25/9202301/advertising-malware-malvertising-statistics-
flash-vulnerability
http://www.zdnet.com/article/malvertising-reached-new-heights-in-2016/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malvertising
https://www.iab.com/our-story