Hackers Target Tsunami Search Results 57
xsee writes "Only hours after the earthquake and resulting tsunami from Chile, hackers began manipulating search results to direct people seeking information on the event to infected webpages. Exercise caution as to where you get information on this tragedy. Chester Wisniewski describes what happened after he saw a suspicious site listed second on a Google search: 'It appears to be a normal website with information and videos about different Asian tsunamis over the past few years. It is difficult to tell whether this particular page was SEO-optimized, or was an innocent victim of a malicious script. SophosLabs got back to me that this page contains some obfuscated malicious JavaScript that we detect as MAL/ObfJS-R. This script was appended after the normal code on the page.'"
Re:Can someone explain this to me (Score:5, Funny)
No, but your browser can show fake dialog boxes and try to trick you into downloading and installing an executable.
Google "hot russian olympic curling chicks" and try a few links, I was looking for a pic to post on another forum and it seems every second google hit has a javascript bomb attached.
Re:Can someone explain this to me (Score:3, Funny)
hot russian olympic curling chicks
Umm, right. Sure. Whatever floats your boat, buddy.