'Malvertising' is the next step in cyber crime. Here's how it works.

 By 
Armand Valdes
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Nearly one million pieces of malware were created every day in 2014, making the risk of cyber crime one of the biggest issues threatening our online safety. So what is malware, and how are cyber criminals using it unbeknownst to us through so-called "malvertising?"

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