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Study finds humans not completely useless at malware detection (www.theregister.com)

submitted 1 month ago by lemmydev2@infosec.pub to c/pulse_of_truth@infosec.pub

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Some pinpointed software nasties but were suspicious of printer drivers too Researchers from the Universities of Guelph and Waterloo have discovered exactly how users decide whether an application is legitimate or malware before installing it – and the good news is they're better than you might expect, at least when primed to expect malware.…

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[–] Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 month ago

To be fair, not being suspicious enough over printer drivers has been a problem, historically.