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Blackhats Unleash Fake Blog Campaign Spreading Rogue AV
In September, eSoft reported as many as 720,000 compromised sites hosting fake blog pages and being used to distribute rogue anti-virus programmes. Many of these sites are still active and continue to plague searches with malicious results. Earlier today, Cyveillance issued this report of a nearl ...
Posted 18 November 2009 by Patrick Walsh
tags: web security , compromised sites , rogue AV , malware
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Compromised Web Servers Host Koobface Malware Cocktail
The Koobface gang has struck again using compromised web servers to deliver a potent mix of malware. eSoft threat researchers have found hundreds of newly exploited sites hosting malware which includes downloaders, keyloggers and multiple variants of the Koobface worm. Attackers using compromised ...
Posted 21 October 2009 by Patrick Walsh
tags: Web Security , Koobface , Social Networking , Social Engineering , Compromised Sites
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Unresolved Compromised Fox Sports Host Heading Into Third Week
eSoft first detected a compromise on the Fox Sports website two weeks ago and as of today, at least one Fox Sports host continues to contain automatic links to a multitude of dangerous exploits.  Even with media coverage and direct emails, this compromised host has not be taken offline or clean ...
Posted 17 October 2009 by Patrick Walsh
tags: Compromised Sites
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Recapping the Fox Sports Website Compromise
On October 2nd eSoft published a blog warning visitors of the Fox Sports website about compromised pages with the potential to serve malicious software. To date, the threat remains on their website despite direct warnings to Fox Sports webmasters and domain contacts of the infection. This website ...
Posted 09 October 2009 by Patrick Walsh
tags: Compromised Sites , Web Security
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