Malvertising

Definitions

1. The use of online advertising infrastructure to distribute malicious content, redirect users, or load exploit or scam pages through ad networks and placements. Malvertising is effective because victims may reach malicious content without visiting obviously suspicious sites directly.

   In plain English: Using online ads to deliver malware or redirect people to harmful sites.

   Example: "The browser infection campaign relied on malvertising through a compromised ad exchange rather than hacked websites alone."

Related Terms

• XSS
• CSRF
• OWASP
• Cookie Security
• Malicious Document
• Reflected Input
• Request Forgery
• Reverse Proxy Security