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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. Re:How is this news? by arivanov · · Score: 0, Troll

    You are late.

    El president Antonio Bliar has p4wn3d it before you.

    --
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  2. Re:Newsworthy? by mgblst · · Score: 0, Troll

    Yes, this chap sounds like a believable fellow. If he is anything like the upstanding script children that I have had the pleasure of talking too, not a word comes out of his mouth without being absolute gospel.

    I really must comend you amazing non-gulibility, and I will be sure to only use Microsoft products from this point on.

    Thanks you kind sir. (Idiot!)