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The adblocker suggestion is particularly interesting and I don't think is getting enough press. I would bet that a lot of smaller federal agencies wouldn't be a
by classichasclass 8y ago
The adblocker suggestion is particularly interesting and I don't think is getting enough press. I would bet that a lot of smaller federal agencies wouldn't be as timely with IT updates as they should be. As it happens one of those malicious payloads could indeed be a Flash applet, so the overall push away from Flash should help, but there are many other ways in. Unfortunately I think it's local agencies that would need this extra layer of defense most, having seen how neighbouring municipalities maintain their systems (or don't).
- tomschlick 8y agoAnd really the blocker could be (and probably already is) implemented at the DNS level with something similar to PiHole's blacklist. I'm sure big switch/network gear manufacturers have something similar to block ad/tracking traffic.