Hans Arne Iversen
11th May 2002, 16:39
From Stake Security News:
"Viral "Marketing" Through Malware
contributed by J.C. Patilla (May 7, 2002 2:09 pm EST)
So-called viral marketing gets ugly when a company decided to exploit a browser security vulnerability to collect information on unknowing site visitors. Visitors to Flowgo, which bills itself as the leading family entertainment portal, recently became the victims of a particularly pernicious pop-up ad campaign.
The pop-up ad redirected unsuspecting browsers, who were offered no choice in the matter, to a booby-trapped web site called KoolKatalog. The KoolKatalog site exploited a known flaw (see MS00-075) in the MS Internet Explorer virtual machine (VM) to begin covertly downloading files onto the victim's computer.
Virus experts estimate that tens of thousands of users have had their personal PCs back-doored by the KoolKatalog malware. Several virus detection software vendors have added the apps to their scanning databases.
http://www.atstake.com/security_news/
"Viral "Marketing" Through Malware
contributed by J.C. Patilla (May 7, 2002 2:09 pm EST)
So-called viral marketing gets ugly when a company decided to exploit a browser security vulnerability to collect information on unknowing site visitors. Visitors to Flowgo, which bills itself as the leading family entertainment portal, recently became the victims of a particularly pernicious pop-up ad campaign.
The pop-up ad redirected unsuspecting browsers, who were offered no choice in the matter, to a booby-trapped web site called KoolKatalog. The KoolKatalog site exploited a known flaw (see MS00-075) in the MS Internet Explorer virtual machine (VM) to begin covertly downloading files onto the victim's computer.
Virus experts estimate that tens of thousands of users have had their personal PCs back-doored by the KoolKatalog malware. Several virus detection software vendors have added the apps to their scanning databases.
http://www.atstake.com/security_news/