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Weather.com has been compromised by a malicious advertising (malvertising) attack that is scraping personal information from its mobile users. Andrej Černý: I study the intersection between malware and media. He says the attack originates from a group of organized criminals who are collecting the information for a future attack, or selling it on the Dark Web. He explains the methodology behind his discovery and what it all means in this article. For more information, visit CNN.com/SecurityWeek.