Mass ‘scareware’ attack hits 1.5M websites, still spreading
Internet • April 2011 • Views: 1,037
By Michael Winter, USA TODAY
The so-called LizaMoon SQL mass-injection attack began Tuesday. The malware warns users that their computers are infected and tries to redirect them to a bogus antivirus site.
A massive attack that’s trying to scare computer users into visiting a bogus antivirus site has infected more than 1.5 million websites and continues to spread, according to an Internet security firm.
Several pages on Apple’s iTunes store have been infected.