RE: Firefox & Mozilla Advisory

["Todd Towles" <toddtowles () brookshires com>]

I was just taking a guess at what could have happened. But it sounds
like it would work. You buy www.google.com.net and then you wait for
their DNS to mess up and you get thousands and thousands of hits to your
spyware site. Possible Passive Pharming attack?

Anyone know for sure what happen? 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: full-disclosure-bounces () lists grok org uk 
> [mailto:full-disclosure-bounces () lists grok org uk] On Behalf 
> Of Ben Vaisvil
> Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2005 3:07 PM
> To: full-disclosure () lists grok org uk
> Subject: Re: [Full-disclosure] Firefox & Mozilla Advisory
>
> Engadget.com was claiming (incorrectly) that google got 
> hacked 
> http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:aAAhpPYRP5cJ:www.engadget
> .com/entry/1234000610042620/+engadget+google+hacked&hl=en
>
> Didn't take long for baseless speculation!
>
> Todd Towles wrote:
> > Well, the patch the mozilla server was modified to fix the 
> issue. Paul 
> > told everyone the whole story about it on here yesterday. I heard 
> > about this on the weekend.
> >
> > I am surprised no one has talked about the Google DNS issue. Users 
> > were tricked into going to SoGoSearch.com because of IE's 
> great domain 
> > search function. When IE can't find a site, it starts to 
> search. Well, 
> > SoGoSearch.com owns www.google.com.net, and therefore that is why 
> > people were getting spyware/adware junk.
> >
> >  
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: full-disclosure-bounces () lists grok org uk
> > > [mailto:full-disclosure-bounces () lists grok org uk] On Behalf Of 
> > > Morning Wood
> > > Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2005 1:21 PM
> > > To: P Ellison; full-disclosure () lists grok org uk
> > > Subject: Re: [Full-disclosure] Firefox & Mozilla Advisory
> > >
> > > wtf???  - - - - this HAS BEEN PATCHED
> > >
> > > no "heads-up" needed ( you missed the boat by a week )
> > >
> > > BUT THANKS FOR PLAYING!
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "P Ellison" <peter.jfactu () btinternet com>
> > > To: <full-disclosure () lists grok org uk>
> > > Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2005 9:21 AM
> > > Subject: [Full-disclosure] Firefox & Mozilla Advisory
> > >
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