Cybergangs to Target Online Shoppers This Holiday Season

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Cybergangs are beefing up their assault during the holiday season.

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[A Bad Day]

to shop on "reputable" websites

My school's website was hacked a few weeks ago and injected with java exploits. How do I know the same won't happen to the "reputable" websites?

 

[skaz]

@ A Bad Day

Firefox + NoScript

 

[A Bad Day]

[citation][nom]skaz[/nom]@ A Bad DayFirefox + NoScript[/citation]

5 scrips no longer work, thus breaking the webpage. Please manually re-enable each one of them, and there's no guarantee that they will be non-exploit versions.

 

[eodeo]

Dont use pages that use scripts= problem solved. Seriously tho-

How do I know the same won't happen to the "reputable" websites?

Reputable sites spend a lot of money on security. It isnt a guarantee you will be safe, but its close.

 

[Guest]

@ A Bad Day

Our we talking about University, High School, Junior High, Elementary School website. From my experience with any school website, they are slow, poorly designed, and probably have less tech workers supervising it. May be different with some higher education

 

[wiyosaya]

Sounds like a good way to win "friends", that is if you want your friends to be your enemies.