Tag: NINE BALL

Click fraud, the redirecting of search requests to malicious sites, is one of the more easily recognized pests in the malware world. The problem for the fraudsters is that most users quickly realize something is amiss when they search for something on Google and it is instead displayed on some other (and likely unfamiliar) site. But the hackers behind the new Nine Ball attack have figured out how ...

Another day, another massive attack that compromises the security of thousands of users. Just as we were getting ready to declare victory over Conficker (and settling in for a long battle with Gumblar), along comes Nine Ball, another difficult-to-defeat offensive that hijacks Web sites and tries to load malware onto a user's PC. The worm has a trick up its sleeve; repeat visitors to infected sites ...