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Malicious Infection Turns Your Computer Into a Spam-Sending 'Bot

by Chad Mumm on March 18, 2009 at 12:42 PM

The newest trend in Internet infection is growing at an alarming rate, according to Breach Security Lab's recently released Web Hacking Incidents Database (WHID) 2008 Annual Report. The attack is called an SQL injection and it works by corrupting the database layer of a Web site. This type of attack, once thought nearly obsolete due to the legwork required of the hacker, was resurrected when the ...

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Virus on Newspaper Sites May Have Infected Readers' Computers

by Will Safer on July 17, 2008 at 08:03 AM

digg_url ='http://www.switched.com/2008/07/17/virus-on-newspaper-sites-may-have-infected-readers-computers/'; Readers of the Seattle Times and Seattle Post Intelligencer Web sites may have unknowingly had their computers infected with a virus, the Times reported on Tuesday. Gabriels, an online ad vendor that hosts advertising for NWAutos and placed ads in the two newspapers and other online ...