In December 2024, Microsoft Threat Intelligence identified a malware campaign stemming from pirate streaming sites. Using iframe malvertising redirector URLs to generate revenue, and redirects up to five layers deep, malware payloads hosted on GitHub, Discord and Dropbox, acted as a dropper for additional payloads hosted elsewhere. Microsoft says the goal was to steal information and it believes almost a million devices were infected.

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[–] kat@orbi.camp 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Oh, I meant Adguard Home, in it you can configure whatever upstream you want. Basically another alternative to Pi-Hole. And router level, I meant configuring the DNS there, so all devices default to it. Not a VPN per say.

[–] Kualdir@feddit.nl 1 points 1 day ago (2 children)

They still just block ads right? My issue with that is that it breaks certain sites and due to it being on router level I can't just turn it off for that site (as far as I know, I may work in IT but I'm not thaaaat technical)

[–] Lyra_Lycan@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

You can turn it off for a device to connect to that site, or add it globally. You can also choose which block lists you use (they're available from a list), some are too much. If a certain request from a specific device is being blocked when the site breaks, you can tap to add it to a whitelist. I also manipulate a local Home Assistant installation to host a whitelist that can be switched on/off as requested. I just hit app -> filters -> whitelist -> en/disable

Also it can moderate all traffic. You can block or add anything, with presets for porn if you're not about that

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[–] Kualdir@feddit.nl 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Woah actually sounds interesting, and this is all possible just with adguard or how did you set it up?

I am looking into setting up Home Assistant once I've secure an appartement but it seems kinda complicated.

[–] Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

You point either your dns on the router to it, set it as the DHCP server (that's what I had to do as my modem/router from att didn't support dns change) or point your devices to it manually in their individual settings, which works if you only use them on that network or have it accessible on the net.

If you're serious about a homelab, there's a ton of info online, I highly recommend learning docker through Linux if you're not already familiar with it, makes self hosting service a lot easier in most cases. I actually run Adguard home specifically in an LXC container in one of my proxmox nodes "bare metal", however you can use docker for it as well, just was easier for me to not deal with port overlap

[–] Lyra_Lycan@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 27 minutes ago* (last edited 8 minutes ago)

This is just AdGuard basically, I expanded my server system onto a dedicated PC that takes MUCH less power than my primary desktop, but you can run it in Docker Engine if you have one PC. As easy as running it, going to the webpage it runs on (usually IP:8080 I believe), choosing your settings, then going into router settings and changing DNS IP to the IP of the machine it runs on! Reading material

Quick tip: Use Linux or ProxMox if you go the dedicated route, but this requires some technical work. I thought I needed a more powerful CPU for my server machine when it was on Windows because it was frequently at 100% and stalling things, idling at 80% usage. I was wrong. Now running ProxMox and at least a dozen servers, it idles at 12%.

[–] kat@orbi.camp 3 points 1 day ago

Been doing it for years without said issues, so can't help you there. But not being technical enough is super valid.