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Other => General Topics => Topic started by: YoKenny on December 17, 2009, 09:19:53 AM
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Attacks spread malware with help from AppleInsider
By Dan Goodin
Posted in Malware, 16th December 2009 06:02 GMT
Malware purveyors are exploiting web vulnerabilities in appleinsider.com, lawyer.com, news.com.au and a dozen other sites to foist rogue anti-virus on unsuspecting netizens.
The ongoing attacks are notable because they use exploits based on XSS, or cross-site scripting, to hide malware links inside the URLs of trusted sites. That's something application security expert Mike Geide doesn't see often. As a result, people who expect to visit sites they know and trust are connected to a page that tries to trick them into thinking their computer is infected.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/12/16/rogue_av_attacks
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Yo....kenny, this should have been posted in the new "secuity news" tread, shame on you..... ;D
http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=52252.0
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It would have been nice.... :'(
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It would have been nice.... :'(
Maybe if it was in a sticky ;)
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It doesn't need a sticky.
The continued adding of new items always make it come back to the top. :)
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It doesn't need a sticky.
The continued adding of new items always make it come back to the top. :)
Not quite ::)