Site design 'used to capture consumers'

Friday, 14 Mar 2008. Categories: USA

A new line of attack is being adopted by many hackers keen to infect consumers' computers with viruses and other online threats, it has been reported.

Dancho Danchev, a Bulgarian internet security researcher, claims that criminals are using web design element IFrame to redirect users to sites hosting malware.

IFrame is used by a number of sites to increase their flexibility, but one group is using weaknesses in security to position misleading redirects on the pages to entrap web users.

Sites subject to the attacks, which have occurred now for more than a week, include the World Clock, the Medicare program and the University of Vermont.

"A new malware variant of Zlob is attempting to install though an ActiveX object," Mr Danchev reports.

Also this week, Mr Danchev explained that those hoping to infect consumers' computers with viruses, trojans and other malicious code often wait for a "window of opportunity" to achieve good results.

As an example, he cites malware embedded on a site concerning French/Libyan relations when the nation was hosting the Libyan president.

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