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Asus.com hacked, serving up .ANI exploits
The official Web site of Asustek Computer has been hijacked and used to serve up exploit code for the recently-patched animated cursor (.ani) vulnerability.
The official Web site of Asustek Computer has been hijacked and used to serve up exploit code for the recently-patched animated cursor (.ani) vulnerability.
An embedded iFrame HTML element was planted on the Asus.com site (currently offline) and used to point visitors to other malicious sites hosting the ANI exploit code.
The Asus.com hijack was first reported on Dynamoo's Blog and verified by Kaspersky Lab's Roel Schouwenberg.
Asustek Computer, a well-known mother board manufacturer, also produces cell phones, desktop and notebook computers, graphics cards, optical drives, servers, and networking devices.
This is not the first malware-related site breach affecting Asus.com. Last December, the site was launching drive-by downloads of password-stealing spyware programs on unsuspecting surfers.
Asustek officials could not be reached for comment.
| Photo Gallery: Catch a glimpse of the animated cursor exploit in action. The image gallery includes screenshots of rigged sites and an exploit timeline that shows the rapid escalation of the attacks. | ||
The Asus.com hijack was first reported on Dynamoo's Blog and verified by Kaspersky Lab's Roel Schouwenberg.
Asustek Computer, a well-known mother board manufacturer, also produces cell phones, desktop and notebook computers, graphics cards, optical drives, servers, and networking devices.
This is not the first malware-related site breach affecting Asus.com. Last December, the site was launching drive-by downloads of password-stealing spyware programs on unsuspecting surfers.
Asustek officials could not be reached for comment.