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Amber, a black hat hacker, has embedded a malware into a small enticing advertisement and posted it on a popular ad-network that displays across various websites. What is she doing?
The correct answer is D. Malvertising. Malvertising (malicious advertising) is the technique of injecting malware or malicious code into legitimate online advertising networks and displaying those ads across multiple websites. Victims can be infected simply by viewing the ad (drive-by download) without clicking…
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Amber, a black hat hacker, has embedded a malware into a small enticing advertisement and posted it on a popular ad-network that displays across various websites. What is she doing?
Options
- AClick-jacking
- BCompromising a legitimate site
- CSpearphishing
- DMalvertising
How the community answered
(61 responses)- A2% (1)
- B3% (2)
- D95% (58)
Explanation
Malvertising (malicious advertising) is the technique of injecting malware or malicious code into legitimate online advertising networks and displaying those ads across multiple websites. Victims can be infected simply by viewing the ad (drive-by download) without clicking. This differs from clickjacking (tricking users into clicking a hidden element), compromising a legitimate site directly, or spearphishing (targeted deceptive emails). Amber's use of an ad network to distribute malware is the textbook definition of malvertising.
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