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Hackers Launch Blitz on Legitimate Sites|
- By CXOtoday Staff, Apr 25, 2008 1242 hrs IST
- Tags : The Web is under a massive hacker attack, according to PandaLabs. All webmasters, with pages hosted on Internet Information Server, are advised to check if their web pages have been affected
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PandaLabs has reported a vulnerability in Internet Information Server, which is allowing a massive hacker attack. This attack currently affects 282,000 Web pages, and this number could increase.
This security problem allows hackers to inject SQL code in all the pages hosted on a Web server. This code is designed to redirect all visitors at compromised pages to a malicious website. This site analyzes systems for vulnerabilities that could be used to download all types of threats.
The situation is exacerbated by the fact that most of the web pages affected show no suspicious signs whatsoever and many of them have numerous visitors.
Panda Security advises all webmasters with pages hosted on Internet Information Server to check as soon as possible if their web pages have been affected. The procedure is simple, as it involves searching for a specific code string in the source code of the web page, associated to an IFRAME tag.
If detected, it should be immediately eliminated. The administrators of the server, which is hosting the web pages, should be warned to implement the necessary security measures.
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