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Criminals Prefer Firefox, Opera Web Browsers
An anonymous reader writes "Security researchers at Purewire have leveraged vulnerabilities in malware infrastructure to track the criminals behind it. In a three-month long project, they used security flaws in exploit kits to get operators to expose themselves (Obnoxious interstitial ad between link and content) when they access the kits' admin control panels. Data collected shows that 50% of those tracked use Firefox, while 25% use Opera."
I am not sure that I would have liked seeing the operators expose themselves.
The guy who took the phone off my lap on the train uses Firefox as well. Right?
What's next, golfers prefer cars that cost more than $100,000?
Give me a break.
Is it the mouse-clicking or the keyboard-typing that requires more technical capability while using Firefox or Opera rather than IE?
One out of two criminals agree. Certifiably badass!
Life is not for the lazy.
In other news, it has been reported that 98% of persons on death-row in prison have eaten a tomato at least once in their life where as only 5% report having eaten horse meat...
Two of my imaginary friends reproduced once
Where's "LWP", "wget", "curl", "fetch", or even lynx? These are supposed to be technically savvy criminals, right?
Its a Microsoft marketing gimmick to make law abiding citizens switch back to IE so that they wont turn into criminals.
Criminals use firefox. Firefox turns its users into criminals. Dont want to be a criminal? Switch back to IE and be a good person!
What article? I only read the comments.
A better reading could be "people that exploit vulnerabilities of browsers prefer to not use those vulnerable browsers". Not sure how much technically inclined they are (not sure if there are a black market of plug-and-exploit-for-dummies kits), but they are aware of how much damage can be done to whoever (including them) using those vulnerable browsers.
Wow! Deja vu anyone? Let's delve deeper.
A better reading could be "people that exploit vulnerabilities of browsers prefer to not use those vulnerable browsers". Not sure how much technically inclined they are (not sure if there are a black market of plug-and-exploit-for-dummies kits), but they are aware of how much damage can be done to whoever (including them) using those vulnerable browsers.
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Sadly, no
Wait something's not right. Hey the first link actually uses the quoted text. Someone better mod parent down, sheesh.
A better reading could be "people that exploit vulnerabilities of browsers prefer to not use those vulnerable browsers". Not sure how much technically inclined they are (not sure if there are a black market of plug-and-exploit-for-dummies kits), but they are aware of how much damage can be done to whoever (including them) using those vulnerable browsers.
Wait a minute... What's happening here?...
*downscroll*
Nooooooooooo!
I'm a big fan of Firefox and prefer it to Opera, but I'm glad it's around. I once saw a forum thread somewhere about why the world needs Opera - to which someone replied: "so Firefox has somewhere to steal features from".
Property is theft.