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BBC Site Used as IE Attack Lure

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the reads-good-enough-to-be-true dept.

capt turnpike writes "The hits just keep coming... according to eWEEK.com, someone is using actual excerpts of BBC news stories to 'launch drive-by downloads of bots, spyware, back doors and other Trojan downloaders.' One example is a story blurb masking the download and installation of a keylogger -- with no user interaction. And it doesn't even tell you it loves you."

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  1. yu0 fail it by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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  2. This just in: by wile_e_wonka · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Read all about it! lol, no I'm not a virus!

  3. Re:Erm, why is this a story? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Totally off topc here, but is your sig for real?

  4. Open your wireless the easy way by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    If you click on one of these two links you can easily setup your wireless to be open!
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    There's no liability in giving free access to everyone, the courts have confirmed the principal of being just like a ISP when passing internet packets automatically.
    So let's all party on the net! Open your wireless party today!
    (and thanks for the free access when I needed it while traveling)

  5. Re:How is this news? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    WARNING: parent is a referral link