[Cryptography] Is "drivers for foo" a major malware vector?

Ray Dillinger bear at sonic.net
Mon Apr 18 16:39:38 EDT 2016



On 04/17/2016 10:20 PM, Yui Hirasawa wrote:
>> Nevertheless, when I searched for a possible replacement,
>> I came up with hundreds and hundreds of sites that were
>> offering free downloads of the drivers.
> 
> It's 2016. Why are you looking for drivers online?

Hah!  I'm not.  I'm looking for a replacement for my smart
keyboard.  The issue is that the only people who seem to
have even heard of it are offering drivers which don't exist.

				Bear


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