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Mass 'scareware' attack hits 1.5M websites, still spreading

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UPDATED: Friday, April 1, 2011 14:55
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Friday, April 1, 2011 12:59 PM

Likes to mess with stuffs.

USATODAY.COM - A massive attack that's trying to scare computer users into visiting a bogus antivirus site has infected more than 1.5 million websites and continues to spread, according to an Internet security firm.

Several pages on Apple's iTunes store have been infected.

The so-called LizaMoon "SQL injection attack" began Tuesday and is being tracked by Websense. Such attacks redirect users by exploiting programming errors and poorly written code and scripts.

eWeek says the attack is "out of control ... with no end in sight." Nearly half the compromised sites are in the United States. Other affected countries include United Kingdom, Kuwait, India, Australia, Turkey, Brazil, Israel, Mexico, Taiwan and Chile.

VentureBeat writes that the attack "shows that malware is a bigger menace than ever and that many web sites aren't protected."

Websense has a Q&A about the attack.

http://community.websense.com/blogs/securitylabs/archive/2011/03/31/up
date-on-lizamoon-mass-injection.aspx

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Friday, April 1, 2011 1:49 PM

KWICKO

"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." -- William Casey, Reagan's presidential campaign manager & CIA Director (from first staff meeting in 1981)

Might wanna include a "(Not PN)" in your title.

Just sayin'.

"Although it is not true that all conservatives are stupid people, it is true that most stupid people are conservatives." - John Stuart Mill

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Friday, April 1, 2011 2:55 PM

PENGUIN

What's weird is I can find hardly any mention on the bigger tech sites...

King of the Mythical Land that is Iowa

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