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Google searchers could end up with a new type of bug - 4/2/2008 10:45:07 AM

sub4hire

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Cybercrooks are manipulating the computer code used to put the pizazz in millions of websites in hopes of taking over unsuspecting consumers' PCs. The vulnerability occurs when someone does a Google search, then clicks on a result that has been secretly tainted by hackers. They will usually be taken to the Web page they expect. But at the same time, they are invisibly redirected to a computer server that installs a hidden program. This program enables hackers to use the PC to spread spam and carry out scams. Typically, it also lets the attacker embed a keystroke logger, which collects and transmits your passwords and any other sensitive data you type online. Any website indexed by Google (GOOG) that fails to carefully handle JavaScript — the coding that activates many cool Web features, such as changing the color of a button when someone mouses over it — is a potential target. That's seven in 10 sites, says tech security firm WhiteHat Security. Hackers have discovered ways to trick the website application to run malicious JavaScripts. "We're in a phase where one or two smart guys are attacking a few dozen major websites," says David Dewey, manager of IBM's X-Force security division. "In the next few weeks I would expect to see copycats attacking hundreds of high-profile websites."http://yahoo.usatoday.com/tech/news/computersecurity/2008-03-31-javascript-hackers_N.htm?csp=1

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RE: Google searchers could end up with a new type of bug - 4/2/2008 11:04:08 AM

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thanks for letting us know.
ive always hated google :(-

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RE: Google searchers could end up with a new type of bug - 4/2/2008 12:03:42 PM

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This has shit all to do with google. This is a matter of websites with javascript vulnerabilities getting hacked so that the hacked pages spread a virus to any browser that hits the page.

Keep your AV and firewall software up to date and turned on. Make sure your browsers security settings for the web are at high levels.

BTW read the whole story this isn't breaking news but month old news USA Today decided to scare some people with yesterday.

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