Mysql.com Hacked, Made To Serve Malware 81
Orome1 writes "Mysql.com was compromised today, redirecting visitors to a page serving malware. Security firm Armorize detected the compromise through its website malware monitoring platform HackAlert, and has analyzed how the compromise of the site's visitors unfolded. The mysql.com website was injected with a script that generates an iFrame redirecting the visitors to a page where the BlackHole exploit pack is hosted."
According to Brian Krebs, the exploit used to compromise the site was being shopped around last week for $3,000.
No user interaction (Score:3, Interesting)
If the website redirects to an iframe (I thought these got phased out in like HTML4???) and tries to install malware, and there is no user interaction involved... what exactly is the browser doing?
Being really stupid...
http://antivirus.about.com/od/virusdescriptions/p/Blackhole-Exploit-Kit.htm [about.com]
On that note, noscript, greasemonkey w/ script, and any addon that allows the blocking of the iframe tag should keep you safe, but then again how often do you visit mysql.com? :)
Re:Obligation (Score:4, Interesting)
As someone who's done ... even... gentle research. I hate to say...I resent the implication of your comment.
It's mysql, so they aren't exactly a bunch of clowns... but the moment you tell people--you get suspicion thrown on you. If you tell them anonymously, you get *even more* suspicion thrown on you. For further examples, you need only look at the classic tuttle/centos story... /actually/ report a real issue.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/03/24/tuttle_centos/ . Now imagine what happens if you
As somebody who feels *fortunate* to have not been investigated in the past due to no small measure of proxy use--I have to say...by asking Krebbs to disclose this, you're asking him to accept undue risk. The last time I reported a /large/ issue with a private server, the server I used was scanned within 50 minutes from IP's originating within the FBI. Sorry... fuck you all--there's no free advice given ever again.
Quite frankly, other people's problems aren't our job. They nearly aren't our business either save when they lie and advertise they're safe and there's a client curious, or we're looking to spot something... At which point they can pony up for the advice like every other consumer in the market.
TLDR: There is no obligation. It's at best a generous act of good will that most people really don't deserve anyway.