Security Experts Warn Against Using Internet Explorer to Browse Tube Sites

Security Experts Warn Against Using Internet Explorer to Browse Tube Sites

LOS ANGELES — Security experts have recently stressed the need to avoid older, non-secure web browsers like Microsoft's Internet Explorer when accessing adult tube sites and other pages, due to an uptick in instances of "malvertising."

Attacks that “use booby-trapped web ads to install malware on the computers of unsuspecting visitors” have been on the rise, according to Dan Goodin, Security Editor at tech news site Ars Technica.

A recent Ars Technica article by Goodin explained that some adult tube sites have been used by bad actors to interfere with users’ browsing experience.

“The better protection is to use a modern browser such as Edge, Firefox, Chrome or Brave,” Goodin explained. “The latter is a relatively new offering that's built from the same Chromium engine as Chrome. All of these browsers have been hardened with security sandboxes and other protections designed to thwart malware attacks.”

“Using IE in 2020 is reckless, whether viewing porn or any other kind of Web content,” he added.

Over the past month, according to Ars Technica the modality of “malvertising,” where bad actors sneak malicious code into supposedly legitimate banner ads on legitimate websites “has made something of a comeback.”

“The ads redirect visitors to sites that serve malicious code,” according to a report by security firm Malwarebytes. “When viewed with Internet Explorer or Adobe Flash, the code can exploit critical vulnerabilities in unpatched versions of Internet Explorer.”

To read the article, visit Ars Technica.

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