Major sites including New York Times and BBC hit by 'ransomware' malvertising

Re:Major sites including New York Times and BBC hit by 'rans... by matt_wulfeck on Wednesday March 16, 2016 @02:35PM (#11299636)

> The vector of attack, through compromised ad networks, will also serve to inflame the debate around adblockers.

This is the largest reason I install adblockers on my own laptop and phone as well as everyone in my family. I allow zero exceptions for ads. I'm willing to pay for content via other means (for example google contributor), but attack surface is simply too large.

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Re:Major sites including New York Times and BBC hit by 'rans... by delecti on Wednesday March 16, 2016 @05:00PM (#11300635)

I actually use adblockers on my phones for a different reason. On my phone I'm reasonably sure I won't be affected by malware (up to date Nexus and I know not to install unknown applications), but ads take up data and slow down browsing.

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