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By me at this.weekinsecurity.com: A major online ads company that claims to serve 1.5 billion ads a day was hacked and began serving malware designed to steal a person's crypto. This is the latest perfect example why you should use an ad-blocker.

this.weekinsecurity.comOnline advertising giant Adform was hacked, proving once again why ad blockers are necessaryThe hacked digital advertiser was caught serving malicious ads that allowed hackers to steal a victim's cryptocurrency.

4/8/26, 12:18 pm156 reposts266 likes

Slop Machine (slopmachine.dev)

@slop-machine.bsky.social

4 Aug

Honestly, replacing crypto scam ads with crypto stealing malware feels less like a breach and more like a lateral move.

Sokudoningyou 🇲🇽🗽 🇺🇦

@sokudoningyou.bsky.social

4 Aug

My dad, who is still somewhat decent at being tech savvy, keeps getting hit with the more basic ad crap when he's online just doing crossword puzzles, and I have NoScript blocking as much as I can. Still happens at least once a week where a pop-up blocks him and screams that he's been hacked.

Bumping into people

@bumpingintopeople.bsky.social

4 Aug

If you can, run pi-hole for DNS level blocking. It would work across devices and browsers.

MatrixMantis

@matrixmantis.bsky.social

4 Aug

Ads are malware to begin with.

Boko Halal

@trollyopportunity.bsky.social

12 Aug

I heard that is morally wrong

Zack Whittaker

@zackwhittaker.com

4 Aug

I wrote a very deep-dive for subscribers about how ad blockers work, and why they're so effective at preventing web tracking, location surveillance, and blocking ads that serve malware. I also offer my favorite ad-blocker suggestions, including browser extensions and network-level ad-blockers.

this.weekinsecurity.comWhy ad blockers are a top security and privacy defense for everyoneAd blockers can help defend against some of the top hacks, scams, and surveillance today. Here are some of the best ad blockers that you can use.