Samsung site hijacked as malware host    Monday, September 11 2006 @ 01:30 PM EDT Contributed by: sde The U.S. corporate website of Samsung Telecom has been hijacked and used to host and distribute malware, security vendor Websense has revealed. Reported to the company only recently, it is believed that the U.S.-based server contained a number of directories and files which, if downloaded and run, would have infected PCs with malicious code. How long the malware has been sitting on the servers is not known, though Websense feels it was probably "some time." Simply visiting the site wouldn't have promoted an infection, the vendor said, and would have required user interaction, most probably after being lured through scam instant messages or emails. Full article   [ Views: 1328 ]

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