In fact, unsafe supply chains encompass even computers sold at retail.
The definition covers underground sites where pirated software and media are openly exchanged, as well as legitimate websites that make shareware or free music files available for public download. In the latest edition of the Microsoft Security Intelligence Report, released on Monday, the company tackles unsafe supply chains, which it describes as “the websites, protocols, and other channels by which software and media files are informally distributed, both legally and illegally.”
The underweb grows ever more slimy, Microsoft says, as downloads of pirated movies, music, software and other media increasingly come bearing malware.
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