internet attack

[EricTheRed 0]

http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99996076

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Just clicking on web sites hosted by a hacked server was enough to infect computers with a mysterious new virus that was first detected on Thursday. The virus exploits two unpatched vulnerabilities in Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser and was not detected by anti-virus software.

The names of the infected web sites are not being released, but Ullrich describes them as "a great mix" including online brokerages, e-commerce sites and "random industrial organisations".

IE remains unpatched. Be careful out there.

illegible usually

[CrazyIvan 0]

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[Remster 30]

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The names of the infected web sites are not being released, but Ullrich describes them as "a great mix" including online brokerages, e-commerce sites and "random industrial organisations".

They havent not-named a sports specific productivity killing website, so I think we're safe here....

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[WrongWay 0]

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IE remains unpatched.

So what's new?

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[Clownburner 0]

The new part is that this exploit is in the wild, and getting some serious distribution. It appears that it may be organized by the Russian mob and being used to build a network of computers designed to send mass-spam emails.

No, really.

http://www.incidents.org/

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[Slappie 9]

http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1105_2-5247187.html Pretty decent info about this new internet threat.

Just passing info peeps

"Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them."

[Slappie 9]

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However, Symantec believes that the attacks last fall and in April, which the current one most resembles, were conducted by online organized crime groups from Russia. The theory is supported not only by the fact that the server storing the malicious code is in Russia, but also by the sophisticated nature of the attacks, Symantec's Huger said.

"It's a group of people that have resources to bring to play," he said, adding that the attack programs were not amateur material. "The code wasn't pulled off a Web site; it was custom."

Meanwhile, the average Internet surfer is left with few options. Besides choosing the highest security settings for Internet Explorer, Windows users could download an alternate browser, such as Mozilla or Opera. Mac users are not in danger.

"Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them."