February 5, 2015

As Flash 0day exploits reach new level of meanness, what are users to do?

Only a few weeks in, 2015 is shaping up as one of the most perilous years for users.

The latest attacks are hitting unsuspecting targets through drive-by downloads served through ads on dailymotion.com, theblaze.com, nydailynews.com, tagged.com, webmail.earthlink.net, and other sites, according to research from Malwarebytes. And while the vulnerability wasn’t disclosed until this week, the exploits have been active and in the wild since December 3, Malwarebytes found.

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