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   BrianKrebs (briankrebs@infosec.exchange)'s status on Tuesday, 30-Jan-2024 23:10:48 JST BrianKrebs

   • Colin Cowie

   Google continues to struggle with cybercriminals running malicious ads on its search platform to trick people into downloading booby-trapped copies of popular free software applications. The malicious ads, which appear above organic search results and often precede links to legitimate sources of the same software, can make searching for software on Google a dicey affair.

   h/t @th3_protoCOL for the image

   https://krebsonsecurity.com/2024/01/using-google-search-to-find-software-can-be-risky/

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     cool_boy_mew (coolboymew@shitposter.club)'s status on Wednesday, 31-Jan-2024 01:57:08 JST cool_boy_mew

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     • AskPippa🇨🇦
     • FF777
     • Colin Cowie
     @AskPippa @briankrebs @th3_protoCOL @FF777 I'm personally paying for Kagi
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     AskPippa🇨🇦 (askpippa@c.im)'s status on Wednesday, 31-Jan-2024 01:57:09 JST AskPippa🇨🇦

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     • cool_boy_mew
     • FF777
     • Colin Cowie

     @coolboymew @briankrebs @th3_protoCOL @FF777 DuckDuckGo seems ok.

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     cool_boy_mew (coolboymew@shitposter.club)'s status on Wednesday, 31-Jan-2024 01:57:10 JST cool_boy_mew

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     • AskPippa🇨🇦
     • FF777
     • Colin Cowie
     @FF777 @AskPippa @briankrebs @th3_protoCOL And stopping using Google
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     FF777 (ff777@shitposter.club)'s status on Wednesday, 31-Jan-2024 01:57:11 JST FF777

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     • AskPippa🇨🇦
     • Colin Cowie
     @AskPippa @briankrebs @th3_protoCOL
     why would firefox be exempt from google sponsored links?..
     here is what will exempt you from google sponsored ads: ublock-origin
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     AskPippa🇨🇦 (askpippa@c.im)'s status on Wednesday, 31-Jan-2024 01:57:12 JST AskPippa🇨🇦

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     • Colin Cowie

     @briankrebs @th3_protoCOL Firefox doesn't have this problem, right? And Privacy Badger helps?