111Popular Thesaurus Website Used in Sneaky Cryptojacking Scheme
6xpipe_The article doesn’t list the infected site. So, if you want to keep yourself safe by avoiding it, well… fuck you, I guess.
From the description it looks like it was malvertising, not an hacked website that distributed malware like that download manager
And that is why I truly use ad-blocking, or script blocking add-ons or features.
I’m not innately against ads. I don’t mind tastefully integrated ads (other than in video… I pay subscriptions for a reason), I’m not against supporting the websites I visit (unless the ads are obnoxiously designed/obstructive of content). That said, ads are an untrusted source that website publishers cannot control bad actors from their ad-partners sneaking in.
So, unless browsers tabs are 100% safe sandbox protected, uBlock Origin + uMatrix for life (to each their own).