CISA suggests using ad blockers to fend off ‘malvertising’ – Securing your browser

CISA suggests using ad blockers to fend off ‘malvertising’ – Securing your browser

At the beginning of 2021 CISA made an important statement [PDF] which many internet users consider so long-awaited: federal and public agencies, along with their expansion in the World Web should as well implement and standardize the usage of ad-blocking software.


Public opinion is agreeing on the point that nowadays internet security is just as vital as personal and social, so the discussion is totally on point. Does it mean that the threat of malware and harmful ads is finally recognized on the government level? What can we personally do to secure our presence online?


CISA suggested considering ad blockers


CISA, The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, appeared in 2018 and was aimed to maintain cyber security on the government level and fight against private and public hackers. No longer than in January this year it became clear that CISA fully acknowledges the harmful impact of ads and pop-ups and urges private and state companies to consider ad blockers as inevitable helpers against malware espicially malvertising.


Internet users met this with great positivity and claimed that this should have been aired long ago as part of basic network security that we would expect to be in place. This is a very important topic, because in reality, many companies still see adware blockers as unauthorized (read: dangerous) software and rarely risk letting workers install extensions rather than to run software in basic configuration.


Luckly, we are on the right track now, but before changes come and we get ..

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