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Experts studying Internet attack [CNN] |
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CrystalSky writes "CHICAGO, Illinois (AP) -- Government and industry experts warned late Thursday of a mysterious, large-scale Internet attack against thousands of popular Web sites. The virus-like infection tries to implant hacker software onto the computers of all Web site visitors.
Industry experts and the Homeland Security Department were studying the infection to determine how it spreads across Web sites and find adequate defenses against it.
Users should be aware that any Web site, even those that may be trusted by the user, may be affected by this activity and thus contain potentially malicious code, the government warned in one Internet alert.
The mysterious infection appeared to target at least one recent version of software by Microsoft Corp. to operate Web sites, called its Internet Information Server, popular among businesses and organizations. [ Read More ]
Handler's Diary: * {update #2} .org dns problems, RFI - Russian IIS Hacks?
US-CERT - IIS 5 Web Server Compromises
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