14 Mar 14, 02:43PM
Yeah Boomhauer, we like to run around clicking on advertisements, that's why people get infected. Good catch. Banner ads are a weakness of mine but I'll try to work on it.
F-secure reports here on software vulnerabilities being a common infection vector: http://www.f-secure.com/en/web/corporati...33906/2013
That and drive-by downloads (which may make use of vulnerabilities in various web software) account for the majority of infections in my experience. Customer has malware, doesn't do anything stupid, just browses the web casually? Drive-by.
This isn't 1999, you don't have to do anything to get infected anymore. People can make jokes about running Common Sense 201x as their antivirus, but the fact remains that if you don't have the time or interest to become proficient in this area, you can miss the knowledge of a lot of little things that would prevent modern infection methods. Noscript to keep out malicious cross-site scripting, management of Java privileges, etc.
F-secure reports here on software vulnerabilities being a common infection vector: http://www.f-secure.com/en/web/corporati...33906/2013
That and drive-by downloads (which may make use of vulnerabilities in various web software) account for the majority of infections in my experience. Customer has malware, doesn't do anything stupid, just browses the web casually? Drive-by.
This isn't 1999, you don't have to do anything to get infected anymore. People can make jokes about running Common Sense 201x as their antivirus, but the fact remains that if you don't have the time or interest to become proficient in this area, you can miss the knowledge of a lot of little things that would prevent modern infection methods. Noscript to keep out malicious cross-site scripting, management of Java privileges, etc.