Paris Hilton's website hacked: Eddy to Web worm and Trojan

The last few days kursierende worm has loudly Downadup Security vendor F-Secure seems to be a huge amount of computers, especially in corporate networks, infect. Cyber criminals could be a way to build a huge botnet, warn the virus hunters. Caused a furore also a Trojan attack the website of the hotel heiress Paris Hilton

According to conservative estimates by Toni Koivunen from F-Secure Response Team has Downadup - also called Conficker - about 2.4 million computers worldwide infected. In Germany, more than 4300 enterprises. Downadup uses various ways to spread, such as the recently fixed vulnerability in the Windows Server Service. In addition, the worm tries network passwords to gain or infected USB sticks. If the malicious software first gives access to the network, it is very difficult to completely remove.

After the attack, the worm then attempts to connect to various addresses manufacture. Once an active Web server on one of these domains will take place, he leads a special application from the cyber criminals access to all infected computers allowed. F-Secure has now turned the tables turned: The security expert has also a number of possible domains registered - so that the infected computer with the virus laboratory of F-Secure connect. So the virus researchers a deeper insight into the size and nature of the bot network. For more information about and a list of the most severely affected countries can be found in the F-Secure blog.

Also warns of Web security specialist Scansafe before a Trojan on the official website of the starlets Paris Hilton. The malware requires visitors to their system to update page content to be displayed correctly to get. Whether the user then click OK or Cancel is clicked, the download of the Trojan starts and malicious software on the victim installed. The attackers are trying so, personal banking information from individuals to steal.

As part of the attack was a so-called iframe embedded in the site, then the address you69tube.com, the actual malware host calls. The same danger lurks on other websites, including, for example, sexy-celebrities.com. In the previous week Scansafe discovered a similar security risk on MLB.com, a frequently visited website of Major League Baseball.

"Internet users should be extremely cautious in its websites known personalities. Sites such as Paris Hilton are very attractive to criminals, the consequences can be serious for visitors, "said Mary Landesman, security analyst at Scansafe.