1 yr. ago • 84%

Popular Thesaurus Website Used in Sneaky Cryptojacking Scheme

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The article doesn’t list the infected site. So, if you want to keep yourself safe by avoiding it, well… fuck you, I guess.

Edit: just skimmed through the original Group-IB report and they redacted the name of the site. Not the article’s fault that millions of people are still in danger to this malware.

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From the description it looks like it was malvertising, not an hacked website that distributed malware like that download manager

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- And that is why I truly use ad-blocking, or script blocking add-ons or features.
  
  I'm not innately against ads. I don't mind tastefully integrated ads (other than in video.. I pay subscriptions for a reason), I'm not against supporting the websites I visit (unless the ads are obnoxiously designed/obstructive of content). That said, ads are an untrusted source that website publishers cannot control bad actors from their ad-partners sneaking in.
  
  So, unless browsers tabs are 100% safe sandbox protected, uBlock Origin + uMatrix for life (to each their own).
  
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