Google, Huffington Post, AOL are among a raft of popular online destinations that have been unknowingly serving up dangerous malware-laced advertisements that take control of a users’s computer. Huffington Post malware-laced advertisements: Hackers ask for ransom After the hackers take control of the computer, they lock out the user and demand a $300 ransom using a deceptive method that claims to be coming from law enforcement. If a user’s computer is controlled by the hackers in the U.S., for instance, a message impersonating the FBI appears, while if the computer virus detects a computer in France the message will come…
Huffington Post, Other Major Sites Hit By Malware
Mark Melin
Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.
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