Spyware Sucks

But here is the dirty little secret of browser security: Even if every Internet browser made today were completely bug-free, it wouldn't stop malicious hackers and malware. Why? Because the vast majority of successful malicious exploits today don't exploit buggy browsers, but rather unwitting end-users. That is, Web-based malware is successful because end-users are intentionally installing it! Most exploit code doesn't search for an unpatched vulnerability, but simply asks the user to install. - Roger Grimes, Infoworld

"There is no magic fairy dust protecting Macs" - Dai Zovi, security researcher and co-author of The Mac Hacker's Handbook.

Old malvertizement featuring getsafeonline

I was intrigued to see this malvertizement pop up on my radar - Mike of mikeonads.com first wrote about this advert back in early 2007. Perhaps the bad guys think we have short memories Wink

The URLs (thanks Kimberley) used by the malvertizement are:

burnads.com/crossdomain.xml (this page was apparently last modified in November 2007)
burnads.com/stats.php?campaign=heldthin

Screenshots:

Published Wed, Apr 23 2008 10:50 by sandi

Filed under: Vulnerabilities, Security, safety and privacy on the Internet, viruses and exploits

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# re: Old malvertizement featuring getsafeonline

Wednesday, April 23, 2008 8:59 AM by Barry

Come to think of it, I don't use Flash in the car park or on the web. That's how I get safe online.

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