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#183852 1-Nov-2015 13:21

Refreshed a page and got a popup about updating Flash player - Ok Leads directly to a exe hosted on 184.173.28.176.

Flash upgrade

Some Screenshots of ads on the page when this occurred

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#1418144 1-Nov-2015 13:28

Actually not a malicious ad code, but another third party. Isolated and removed.

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#1418147 1-Nov-2015 13:30

freitasm: Actually not a malicious ad code, but another third party. Isolated and removed.

Awesome, thanks for the quick action! :)

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#1418149 1-Nov-2015 13:54

As I mentioned, a third party CDN account was compromised and I have isolated it. The company has been notified and is working through it to purge cached files

@freitasm we are still working to prevent cached versions of the script from continuing to load.

— PageFair (@Pagefair) November 1, 2015

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#1419687 3-Nov-2015 11:50

More information here: http://blog.pagefair.com/2015/halloween-security-breach/

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#1419698 3-Nov-2015 12:03

Good to see a no BS explanation from page fair. Insightful question from the bdfl there.

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#1421075 4-Nov-2015 18:17

That's unfortunate for them, handled well but the reputation damage is done.

Using 3rd party services can always extend your site vulnerability like this so better hope they are good.

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