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Report: Mass Injection Attack Affects 40,000 Websites

"Researchers at Websense have discovered a mass injection attack that is redirecting Web browsers to a malware-bearing site.

According to a weekend report by researchers at Websense, thousands of legitimate Web sites have been discovered to be injected with malicious Javascript, obfuscated code that leads to an active exploit site.

"The active exploit site uses a name similar to the legitimate Google Analytics domain (google-analytics.com), which provides statistical services to Web sites," the report says. "This mass injection attack does not seem related to Gumblar. The location of the injection, as well as the decoded code itself, seem to indicate a new, unrelated, mass injection campaign.""

Read more: http://darkreading.com/security/attacks/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=217701136

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