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Relentless Web Attack Hard To Kill

ancientribe writes "The thousands of Web sites infected by a new widespread SQL injection attack during the past few days aren't necessarily in the clear after they remove the malicious code from their sites. Researchers from Kaspersky Lab have witnessed the attackers quickly reinfecting those same sites all over again. Meanwhile, researchers at SecureWorks have infiltrated the Chinese underground in an attempt to procure a copy of the stealthy new automated tool being used in the attacks."

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  1. Re:Kaspersky by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Securing an environment of Windows platforms from abuse - external or internal - is akin to trying to install sprinklers in a fireworks factory where smoking on the job is permitted." -Gene Spafford

  2. Chinese underground by AragornSonOfArathorn · · Score: 4, Funny

    Is it like Big Trouble in Little China, with the lightning ninjas and floating eye thing? Did they get Kurt Russel to help?

    If so, that would be AWESOME.

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    sudo eat my shorts
  3. Re:This disgusts me by Pope · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'd say fully half of all the programmers are going to be below average...

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    It doesn't mean much now, it's built for the future.
  4. Re:This disgusts me by 77Punker · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'd say fully half of them will be below median.

  5. No DRM trolls? by genner · · Score: 4, Funny

    Did everyone miss the fact that the toolkit resposible includes some hefty DRM.

    Where's the outrage?
    Why aren't we demmanding an open source solution?