Gumblar Google-poisoning attack morphs

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Gumblar Google-poisoning attack morphs
Botnet	Gumblar
Malware
Botnet/malware group
Exploit kits
Services
Feature
Distribution vector
Target
Origin
Campaign
Operation/Working group
Vulnerability
CCProtocol
Date	2009 / 2009-05-19
Editor/Conference	The Register
Link	http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/05/19/gumblar google poisoning update/ (Archive copy)
Author	John Leyden
Type

Abstract

“ A Web attack that poisons Google search results is getting worse, according to security researchers.

The attack first relies on compromising normally legitimate website and planting malicious scripts. US CERT reports that stolen FTP credentials are reckoned to be the main technique in play during this stage of the attack but poor configuration settings and vulnerable web applications might also play a part.

Bibtex

 @misc{Leyden2009BFR1219,
   editor = {The Register},
   author = {John Leyden},
   title = {Gumblar Google-poisoning attack morphs},
   date = {19},
   month = May,
   year = {2009},
   howpublished = {\url{http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/05/19/gumblar_google_poisoning_update/}},
 }