Clickbait Sites Serve Malware
Sites like Buzzfeed and Answers.com compile lists of drivel with fantastic titles and try to entice people to click on their articles. This is strictly not about delivering information, but getting eyes on advertisements. Answers.com has been delivering malicious ads that deliver a banking information stealing trojan for a couple of weeks now.
Hey @AnswersDotCom perhaps you should read your own article on malvertising here: http://t.co/uacmDrUExE Hope this helps.
— Honey Badger Clicker (@BelchSpeak) August 13, 2014
@AnswersDotCom serves malvertising. A clickbait article on aging celebs delivers Kryptik. This is how it looks: pic.twitter.com/ARGzKuXqEm
— Honey Badger Clicker (@BelchSpeak) August 13, 2014
@AnswersDotCom Your site is serving bank-stealing malware via ads. Any info on how to recover from the malware you are giving to readers?
— Honey Badger Clicker (@BelchSpeak) August 13, 2014
So watch out for clickbait articles on the net and on your Twitter and Facebook feeds. They rot your brain and can drain your bank accounts.
