RBN: PC Hijacking via Banner-Ads on Major Web Portals
The Russian Business Network (RBN) in one of its boldest PC hijacking exploits used conventional banner-ads to redirect web visitors to “fake” anti-spyware sites, this is a new attack vector but uses known RBN server routes and exploits. Malware based ads have been spotted on various legitimate websites, ranging from baseball's MLB.com, NHL.com, Canada.com and The Economist.More here.
Acting as a conventional Flash file, the exploit is via DoubleClick's DART program, DoubleClick acknowledges the malware, and says it has implemented a new security-monitoring system that has thus far captured and disabled a hundred ads.
posted by Fergie @ 11/18/2007 08:32:00 PM
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