How can you test if a white listed web site betrayed your trust?
It's not uncommon to go to a website that gives you a frowny face and guilt tripping you that "We see you have an ad blocker. But that's how we make our money." So then if you really want the site you can white list them. And then typically you forget about it. Is there any way to tell in what ways the sites have taken advantage of your white listing? If they gave you spyware or something else malicious can you trace the malware to the site that gave it to you?
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Maybe hard as the website itself has been compromised thus the ripple effect to the visiting victim machine.
One example is the Drive-by Downloads Attack. It works by exploiting vulnerabilities in web browsers, plug-ins or other components that work within browsers, says Peck. And they can take place a number of ways.
For example, you can be innocently cruising the Web when you happen upon a site that downloads malware onto your computer.
The site could have been set up by cybercriminals, specifically for the purpose of infecting people's computers, or it could be a legitimate website that cybercriminals compromised through existing vulnerabilities in the site.
One example is the Drive-by Downloads Attack. It works by exploiting vulnerabilities in web browsers, plug-ins or other components that work within browsers, says Peck. And they can take place a number of ways.
For example, you can be innocently cruising the Web when you happen upon a site that downloads malware onto your computer.
The site could have been set up by cybercriminals, specifically for the purpose of infecting people's computers, or it could be a legitimate website that cybercriminals compromised through existing vulnerabilities in the site.
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