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BBC broadcasts malware!

Unread postby Sludge3000 » February 16th, 2011, 3:45 am

Streaming sites operated by the BBC were hacked on Tuesday so they silently served visitors with malware, researchers from security firm Websense said.

An iframe tag on the BBC's 6 Music and 1Xtra websites injected an exploit that was housed on a website with an address ending in cc, a top level domain for the Cocos Islands. The malicious binary was generated by the Phoenix exploit kit, which dates back to 2007 and streamlines malware infections by collecting detailed statistics.


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Re: BBC broadcasts malware!

Unread postby Sludge3000 » February 16th, 2011, 3:45 am

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