Huffington Post, Other Major Sites Hit By Malware

Google, Huffington Post, AOL are among a raft of popular online destinations that have been unknowingly serving up dangerous malware-laced advertisements that take control of a users’s computer.

Huffington Post malware-laced advertisements: Hackers ask for ransom

After the hackers take control of the computer, they lock out the user and demand a $300 ransom using a deceptive method that claims to be coming from law enforcement. If a user’s computer is controlled by the hackers in the U.S., for instance, a message impersonating the  FBI appears, while if the computer virus detects a computer in France the message will come from the Police Nationale. Customized messages were...