Re: Newest hacks

["Nick Eoannidis" <nikon () xillioncomputers com>]

For those who haven't read about what Ken was saying.

The technique is called drive by Pharming. It involves crafting a page
hosting malicious JavaScript that takes advantage of default configurations
in home broadband modem/routers. (dlink, Linksys, netcomm etc.)
The basis of this attack is tricking a user into accessing a webpage that
changes the configuration of your modem by using default username and
password credentials.

The report by the Indiana university is here:
http://www.cs.indiana.edu/pub/techreports/TR641.pdf 

Symantec's noob proof response is here:
http://www.symantec.com/enterprise/security_response/weblog/2007/02/driveby_
pharming_how_clicking_1.html

nikon.

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