Hunting Badware

Security often is discussed in super-serious terms, using metaphors and analogies from the military or medical communities to underscore the gravity of the situation. But the truth is, some of this stuff is pretty funny, and the folks at StopBadware.org know this. To explain the way that attackers use compromised Web sites to infect unsuspecting visitors with malware, the group put together this video featuring actual human people dressed as Web sites.

Security often is discussed in super-serious terms, using metaphors and analogies from the military or medical communities to underscore the gravity of the situation. But the truth is, some of this stuff is pretty funny, and the folks at StopBadware.org know this. To explain the way that attackers use compromised Web sites to infect unsuspecting visitors with malware, the group put together this video featuring actual human people dressed as Web sites.

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