2008.01.30 Daily Security Reading
by Rodney Campbell on Jan.30, 2008, under Security
Report – 51 Percent Of Malicious Web Sites Are Hacked
The number of legitimate Web sites that have been hacked and seeded with code that tries to infect visitors PCs with malware now exceeds the number of sites specifically created by cyber criminals.
Symantec reported Tuesday that the first case of drive-by pharming, in which a hacker changes the DNS settings on a customer’s broadband router or wireless access point and directs the link to a fraudulent Web site, has been observed in the wild. The first drive-by pharming attack has been observed against a Mexican bank.
Spies In the Phishing Underground
Security researchers Nitesh Dhanjani and Billy Rios, who recently managed to infiltrate the phishing underground. What started as a simple examination of phishing sites turned into an extraordinary tour through the ecosystem that supports the business of phishing.
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