Joining the growing list of Web site compromises is whitehouse.org, the “officious” parody site of current U.S. White House administration, and all the colorful punditry that accompanies it. According to Trend Micro Advanced Threats Researcher David Sancho, whitehouse.org has been compromised to harbor some malicious, obfuscated JavaScript code which “background downloads” code to unsuspecting visitors…
Read MoreNo, that’s not me… I am a Senior Antivirus Researcher, while the David Sancho in the above screencap is a young Spanish actor with the same name. He has this cute promo page that has a gallery of his pictures and performances. Amazingly, the page was first compromised and iFramed as early as November 2007….
Read MoreYet another Web site compromise was discovered by Research Project Manager Ivan Macalintal, this time in Spain. Spanish tourism and travel site Pyrenees Guide, which provides information on trips to the Pyrenees Mountains, has been discovered to be compromised and serving malicious code. Examining the source code of the site’s main page, we find the…
Read MoreResearch Project Manager Ivan Macalintal discovered a few hours ago that a Thailand-based tourism and travel site appears to have been compromised to serve malware. This discovery follows closely on the heels of the Thai Royal Air Force site compromise just a week ago. Looking at the season, summer holidays are coming up soon in…
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