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> Malware/Ransomware hit only if you go around the dark corners in search of porn/free stuff without knowing what you're downloading. As a Windows user myself
by arthurfm 10y ago
> Malware/Ransomware hit only if you go around the dark corners in search of porn/free stuff without knowing what you're downloading.
As a Windows user myself even I know that's simply not true. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]
[1] http://www.neowin.net/news/crypto-ransomware-hits-major-websites-through-banner-ads-in-past-24-hours http://www.neowin.net/news/crypto-ransomware-hits-major-webs...
[2] http://arstechnica.co.uk/security/2016/04/adobe-flash-update-ransomware-windows-10/ http://arstechnica.co.uk/security/2016/04/adobe-flash-update...
[3] http://arstechnica.co.uk/security/2016/04/maisto-toymaker-website-pushes-ransomware-to-users/ http://arstechnica.co.uk/security/2016/04/maisto-toymaker-we...
[4] https://labs.bromium.com/2014/02/21/the-wild-wild-web-youtube-ads-serving-malware/ https://labs.bromium.com/2014/02/21/the-wild-wild-web-youtub...
[5] http://www.neowin.net/news/nhs-website-sent-users-to-malware-infected-domain http://www.neowin.net/news/nhs-website-sent-users-to-malware...
[6] http://arstechnica.com/security/2014/01/malware-attacks-thousands-of-yahoo-com-visitors-through-java-exploit/ http://arstechnica.com/security/2014/01/malware-attacks-thou...
[7] http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/04/exclusive-ongoing-malware-attack-targeting-apache-hijacks-20000-sites/ http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/04/exclusive-ongoing-ma...
[8] http://www.pcworld.com/article/227352/attackers_use_google_images_to_distribute_malware.html http://www.pcworld.com/article/227352/attackers_use_google_i...
[9] https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2012/10/05/bing-image-blackhat-seo-poisoning/ https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2012/10/05/bing-image-black...
[10] https://medium.com/@networksecurity/oleoutlook-bypass-almost-every-corporate-security-control-with-a-point-n-click-gui-37f4cbc107d0 https://medium.com/@networksecurity/oleoutlook-bypass-almost...
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