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Updated Dynamic filtering: Benefits of blocking 3rd party iframe tags (markdown)

Raymond Hill 2016-02-01 19:01:33 -05:00
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### Malware protection
`iframe` tags are very often used by malware code on compromised web sites. A recent example of this is ~~[Malware With Your News? Forbes Website Victim of Malvertising Attack](https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2015/09/malvertising_attack.html)~~ [Angler Exploit Kit Blasts Daily Mail Visitors Via Malvertising](https://blog.malwarebytes.org/malvertising-2/2015/10/angler-exploit-kit-blasts-daily-mail-visitors-via-malvertising/).
Using 3rd-party-sourced `<iframe>` to inject exploit on a user's computer is quite a common technique:
`iframe` tags are very often used by malware code on compromised web sites -- using 3rd-party-sourced `<iframe>` to inject exploit on a user's computer is quite a common technique:
- [_"Massive Admedia/Adverting iFrame Infection"_](https://blog.sucuri.net/2016/02/massive-admedia-iframe-javascript-infection.html?utm_campaign=Massive%20Admedia%20Adverting%20iFrame%20Infection%20blogpost&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter)
- [_"MSN Home Page Drops More Malware Via Malvertising"_](https://blog.malwarebytes.org/malvertising-2/2016/01/msn-home-page-drops-more-malware-via-malvertising/)
- [_"Malvertising Hits DailyMotion, Serves Up Angler EK"_](https://blog.malwarebytes.org/malvertising-2/2015/12/malvertising-hits-dailymotion-serves-up-angler-ek/)
- [_"Angler Exploit Kit Blasts Daily Mail Visitors Via Malvertising"_](https://blog.malwarebytes.org/malvertising-2/2015/10/angler-exploit-kit-blasts-daily-mail-visitors-via-malvertising/) (newly added)