Nearly 1 million Windows devices targeted in advanced “malvertising” spree
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Nearly 1 million Windows devices were targeted in recent months by a sophisticated "malvertising" campaign that surreptitiously stole login credentials, cryptocurrency, and other sensitive information from infected machines, Microsoft said.
The campaign began in December, when the attackers, who remain unknown, seeded websites with links that downloaded ads from malicious servers. The links led targeted machines through several intermediary sites until finally arriving at repositories on Microsoft-owned GitHub, which hosted a raft of malicious files.
Ad blockers aren't just convenient, they're necessary for online safety. Install it on your family member's devices
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Nearly 1 million Windows devices were targeted in recent months by a sophisticated "malvertising" campaign that surreptitiously stole login credentials, cryptocurrency, and other sensitive information from infected machines, Microsoft said.
The campaign began in December, when the attackers, who remain unknown, seeded websites with links that downloaded ads from malicious servers. The links led targeted machines through several intermediary sites until finally arriving at repositories on Microsoft-owned GitHub, which hosted a raft of malicious files.
Ad blockers aren't just convenient, they're necessary for online safety. Install it on your family member's devices
Browsing internet with out ad and java blockers is like having sex with a stranger with no rubbers...
except a lot less fun
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Browsing internet with out ad and java blockers is like having sex with a stranger with no rubbers...
except a lot less fun
Yeah its not like the web feels better without ad block.
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Nearly 1 million Windows devices were targeted in recent months by a sophisticated "malvertising" campaign that surreptitiously stole login credentials, cryptocurrency, and other sensitive information from infected machines, Microsoft said.
The campaign began in December, when the attackers, who remain unknown, seeded websites with links that downloaded ads from malicious servers. The links led targeted machines through several intermediary sites until finally arriving at repositories on Microsoft-owned GitHub, which hosted a raft of malicious files.
Ad blockers aren't just convenient, they're necessary for online safety. Install it on your family member's devices
I still don't understand why anybody is still not using Firefox + uBlock Origin.
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