Ransomware risk from over 140 million websites, researcher warns
Reading Time: < 1 | Published: September 9, 2015 in Research
Tags: malicious scripts, ransomware, WordPress, WP
Around 142 million legitimate websites could be serving up ransomware to their unwitting users due to out-of-date software, according to a new study.
The research carried out by IT security firm Heimdal Security found that hackers were using the Neutrino Exploit Kit to inject malicious scripts into outdated webserver software that could potentially reach 400 million users. Read More.
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