Author Topic: PSA: Do not go to cracked.com. It's hosting drive-by malware. (Read 5569 times)

dkamm65 · November 13, 2013, 08:19:44 PM

http://barracudalabs.com/2013/11/yesterday-on-cracked-com-malware/

Yeah. I figure a lot of you do visit it occasionally. Just a heads up.

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NalNalas · November 13, 2013, 08:21:01 PM

what's cracked.com

Caribou · November 13, 2013, 08:21:38 PM

Would it still give me malware even on an iOS device?

what's cracked.com

I know right? I've never heard of it, either.

RedGajin · November 13, 2013, 08:23:16 PM

i only see pictures with the watermark or whatever. i guess its just like ifunny, funny pictures and videos and stuff
i think

dkamm65 · November 13, 2013, 08:24:03 PM

Would it still give me malware even on an iOS device?

It's targeting Windows only, apparently.

Niff · November 13, 2013, 08:24:13 PM

I visit the website from time to time, I never downloaded anything from it though.

.::Taboo::. · November 13, 2013, 08:24:41 PM

what's cracked.com

I know right? I've never heard of it, either.

what the hell

Blockzillahead · November 13, 2013, 08:25:27 PM

Thanks for the heads up.

ShadowsfeaR · November 13, 2013, 08:27:27 PM

what's cracked.com

Maybe its a place where you go to buy crack cocaine. Doesn't surprise me it hosts malware.

Nal · November 13, 2013, 08:33:10 PM

the forget is cracked.com

Niff · November 13, 2013, 08:34:04 PM

Its a site that have top 10________ and other things like that

dkamm65 · November 13, 2013, 08:35:05 PM

the forget is cracked.com

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cracked.com

It's pretty well-known, as far as I know.

Buu · November 13, 2013, 08:36:23 PM

its like tvtropes and a journalist site combined

Gatysh · November 13, 2013, 08:39:13 PM

how the stuff have you guys not heard of cracked.com

Anti-Block · November 13, 2013, 08:39:37 PM

well

forget