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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - -- "Steven M. Bellovin" <[email protected]> wrote: >Jeff Shultz <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> I won't discount the assertion that there is some sort of emergency >> occurring. I would however, like to see a bit of a reference to where >> we can learn more about what is going on (I assume this is the >> javascript exploit I heard about a couple days ago). >> > >No -- it's a 0day in Internet Explorer involving animated cursors -- >and it can be spread by visiting an infected web site or even by email. > Not that I like being in the position of correcting Steve :-) but the real answer is "yes" and "no" -- or ctually just yes. While the 0-day exploit is the ANI vulnerability, there are many, many compromised websites (remember the MiamiDolhins.com embedded javascript iframe redirect?) that are using similar embedded .js redirects to malware hosted sites which fancy this exploit. And some of them have vast audiences, increasing the potential for a major "issue" -- TBD. Track with the SANS ISC -- they're doing a good job of keeping the community abreast. Cheers, - - ferg -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP Desktop 9.6.0 (Build 214) wj8DBQFGDc/4q1pz9mNUZTMRAjqiAJ0UYDDep4RbSmaJ3jUdsGssSVt7AwCgnDPV PIfR8hlav9Bh20TBXBPsUZo= =wtJu -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson Engineering Architecture for the Internet fergdawg(at)netzero.net ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/
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