EyeWonder malware incident affects popular web sites
Along with viruses, one of the biggest threats to computer users on the Internet today is malware. It can hijack your browser, redirect your search attempts, serve up nasty pop-up ads, track what web sites you visit, and generally screw things up. Malware programs are usually poorly-programmed and can cause your computer to become unbearably slow and unstable in addition to all the other havoc they wreak.
The article that interested me is an Eyewonder malware incident that affected popular websites. Eyewonder is a vendor of online video advertisements. In this incident, the visitors of popular and high trafficked web sites such as CNN, BBC, Washington Post, Gamespot, WorldOfWarcraft, Mashable, Chow.com, ITpro.co.uk, AndroidCommunity; Engadget and Chip.de, started reporting that parts of the web sites are unreachable due to malware warnings appearing through the EyeWonder interactive digital advertising provider.
This malware incident demonstrates how a single exploitation of a trusted third-party content/ad serving vendor can not only undermine its credibility, but potentially the credibility of the sites using the network. And since the ads on the affected sites are dynamically served through different networks, it remains questionable whether it was in fact EyeWonder that served malicious content, or a compromised partner of the network itself. 
Since this incident, EyeWonder has been shut-down for maintenance. The situation will be carefully monitored as computer users should be aware of this type of campaign that could potentially cause your system to become infected with malware.
Please refer the following link for full article:
http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=3694
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