Could Ad Networks Power Massive, Browser-Based Botnets?
ID: 713cb578-97b6-58e8-9304-82d081c88627
STIX ID: report--713cb578-97b6-58e8-9304-82d081c88627
Feed Name: Security Ledger
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WhiteHat Security researchers showed that online ad networks can be abused to scale browser-based botnets by embedding JavaScript in ads; in a benign test their ad caused 1,000 unique hosts to contact a server for $0.50, suggesting a million-node botnet could be assembled for roughly $500. The report highlights weak vetting of ad-supplied JavaScript and the low cost of achieving large-scale browser compromise, illustrating a high-impact but low-complexity attack vector.
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