I've been seeing a lot about this lately on the internet. It is so technical that I can't really understand what it does, except that apparently it puts all of our personal data at risk, including bank access, credit cards, etc. Plus anything we've ever written or accessed on our computers, phones, pads, etc. If you google Krack and how to prevent an attack, they suggest things like going to the bank in person instead of banking online, and not buying anything online with a credit card!
Pretty frightening. Does anyone know anything about this? Some of the security companies are trying to sell "patches" to protect against this new hazard, but I keep thinking the whole thing could be a panic engineered by the security companies to sell more products.
My own computer has been invaded by some sort of malware that keeps placing popup ads. I'm still trying to deal with that. Last night, I deleted all my cookies; so far, so good. I've also installed STOPAD. I've written about this before, as the malware was masquerading as a survey by the managers of this forum. Most of the ads are targeted to "older" people, some of them hilariously. (Menopause remedies, wrinkle removers, and Viagara, to name a few.) And now I keep getting those so-called survey invitations from other sites as well. Of course, I know better than to bite this time.
It's fiendishly clever. They probably tailor the ads to the subject of the web site.
So now, I'm wondering whether that Krack thing is somehow related to all this.
Pretty frightening. Does anyone know anything about this? Some of the security companies are trying to sell "patches" to protect against this new hazard, but I keep thinking the whole thing could be a panic engineered by the security companies to sell more products.
My own computer has been invaded by some sort of malware that keeps placing popup ads. I'm still trying to deal with that. Last night, I deleted all my cookies; so far, so good. I've also installed STOPAD. I've written about this before, as the malware was masquerading as a survey by the managers of this forum. Most of the ads are targeted to "older" people, some of them hilariously. (Menopause remedies, wrinkle removers, and Viagara, to name a few.) And now I keep getting those so-called survey invitations from other sites as well. Of course, I know better than to bite this time.
It's fiendishly clever. They probably tailor the ads to the subject of the web site.
So now, I'm wondering whether that Krack thing is somehow related to all this.
