RE: defacements for the installation of malcode

[Jeremy Epstein <jepstein () webmethods com>]

There was also a really entertaining presentation from Patrick Petersen of
IronPort at RSA, in which he mentioned use of defaced web sites as proxy
forwarders for spammers.  According to the presentation, the spammers have a
fairly sophisticated toolkit that takes over the site and turns it into a
pharmacy (or whatever) redirect site.  A different goal from the Websense
presentation, but still a purpose other than simple defacement.

--Jeremy

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gadi Evron [mailto:ge () linuxbox org] 
> Sent: Monday, February 12, 2007 11:17 AM
> To: php-wars () whitestar linuxbox org
> Cc: botnets () whitestar linuxbox org; 
> full-disclosure () lists grok org uk; bugtraq () securityfocus com
> Subject: defacements for the installation of malcode
>
> Websense just released a blog post on how sites get defaced 
> for malicious purposes other than the defacement itself, such 
> as installing mallicious software on visiting users.
>
> This is yet another layer of abuse of web server attack platforms.
>
> You can find their post here:
> http://www.websense.com/securitylabs/blog/blog.php?BlogID=109
>
>       Gadi.