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It is a prestigious domain - with a high recognition factor. And, as part of that, it will almost never be blocked by URL / DNS filters. In this case, it clear
by edent 7y ago
It is a prestigious domain - with a high recognition factor. And, as part of that, it will almost never be blocked by URL / DNS filters.
In this case, it clearly worked. The user saw cam.ac.uk and trusted it.
- adam12 7y agoI wonder if the attackers were also thinking that these users would more likely be using macOS. The exploit they were using only works in Firefox on macOS.