NBC website hacked and distributes malware - here's what happened

[dixiegrrrrl]

This is a heads up for anyone who might have been on the site earlier today.


NBC's website was "owned" and used as a go-between in a campaign to infect online visitors automatically.

Fortunately, the malevolent content on the site was up only briefly, limiting the harm that was done.

But researchers at Dutch security company SurfRight managed to grab samples of some of the malware on offer during this time.
? The samples acquired during the NBC infection aren't necessarily a complete manifest of the malware that was disseminated. The crooks can vary what is served up by their attack sites based on many factors, such as browser type, operating system, your location, the time of day and more.

NBC’s home page and others were affected, including the pages of late night talk show hosts Jay Leno and Jimmy Fallon.
http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2013/02/22/nbc-website-hacked-and-distributes-malware/

[bananas]

1. Thanks. nt