So today I was waiting for the bus and I was using my mobile (Sony Xperia XZ) to surf the web not connected to any wi-fi hotspots but just using my mobile network which is EE. The browser I was using at the time was Chrome.
I searched into Chrome Tyrion Lannister and clicked on the first link which was a dedicated wiki type page/website which I had visited before without any issues. It loaded as expected, but about 30 seconds into viewing the page it suddenly changed and I saw I was now on some kind of explicit spam type website.
I quickly closed the page and went to view my history. I saw that several web pages had in fact been visited by my browser all with the same web address, except one. I don't think I am allowed to post links in the forums so I won't do it.
I ran a scan with my Norton app on my phone, and it all came back clear. So I don't appear to have any malicious files. But I am concerned as to what happened and what it was.
Is there anyone who might know what kind of attack I have become a victim of and what I should do to make sure I am currently not at risk of any of my info being stolen from undetected malware and how I can avoid this in the future. I will from now on be using Norton safe search on my phone. But any further suggestions and precautions I could take will be welcome as I do not want to experience that again.
Thanks in advance. Liam.