NY Times Ads Served Up Malware
The folks at the New York Times were a bit red in the face after finding out that its website was serving up malware. It looks like crooks posed as legit businessmen, placed the bogus ad and then pulled a switcharoo later.
The folks at the New York Times were a bit red in the face after finding out that its website was serving up malware. It looks like crooks posed as legit businessmen, placed the bogus ad and then pulled a switcharoo later.
The move comes after a security loophole allowed scammers over the weekend to swap an innocuous advertisement for one serving a fake virus-warning, and hawking a deceptive scareware product intended to sell bogus security software.
