April 11, 2008

Websites blacklisted by iFrame attacks

by Dave Nixon
Up to 80 percent of websites flagged as malevolent by anti-virus and search engine indexes are genuine businesses, according to security experts. Experts said while the security industry is on top of usual spam and phishing attacks, more endeavor needs to be put into preventing and eliminating so-called drive-by-downloads. The attacks allow hackers to transmit immense amounts of traffic by inserting malicious IFRAMES into legitimate websites. The hacks are generally ...