Criminals Prefer Firefox, Opera Web Browsers 172
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."
Public Exposure (Score:4, Funny)
I am not sure that I would have liked seeing the operators expose themselves.
First-hand experience (Score:5, Funny)
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.
What do you mean? (Score:3, Funny)
Is it the mouse-clicking or the keyboard-typing that requires more technical capability while using Firefox or Opera rather than IE?
Comment removed (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Gotta love statistics (Score:4, Funny)
Re:So the story is.. (Score:2, Funny)
Where's "LWP", "wget", "curl", "fetch", or even lynx? These are supposed to be technically savvy criminals, right?
Re:Gotta love statistics (Score:4, Funny)
Criminals use firefox. Firefox turns its users into criminals. Dont want to be a criminal? Switch back to IE and be a good person!
Re:Does that make me a criminal? (Score:5, Funny)
What article? I only read the comments.
Re:First-hand experience (Score:5, Funny)
Brilliant comment; car analogy, sports reference, syntactically and logically correct. Extra points for engaging both the downtrodden masses and the wealthy ("Hey, I play golf, and I drive a Bentley! This guy is a genius!")
Re:So the story is.. (Score:2, Funny)
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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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!
Re:opera in russia (Score:3, Funny)
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".