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Malvertising: Fake Popular Software Ads Deliver New MadMxShell Backdoor (www.hackread.com)

submitted 8 months ago by kid to c/cybersecurity

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

"pLEasE diSABle yOUr ad-BLocker tO cOntinUE"

Nope! At this point, ad blockers should be considered a first line of defense in cybersecurity and anything asking you to disable them should be met with the same scrutiny as if the site asked you to "please disable your antivirus scanner to continue".