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Porn sites exploit IE bug to install spyware
Published September 20th, 2006 in All Categories, Exploits & Vulnerabilities, Internet Explorer, Internet Explorer 6, Malware, Security
Hackers are taking advantage of a newly discovered vulnerability in Internet Explorer to install 
spyware on PCs that visit a number of Russian porn sites. The malware, first reported Monday by researchers at Sunbelt Software Inc., takes advantage of an unpatched flaw in the way IE processes Vector Markup Language (VML) code. VML is a language used to display graphic information on the Web.
The attack appears to work on all versions of Windows running the IE 6 browser, said Eric Sites, Sunbelt’s vice president of research and development. "It’s not an operating system-dependent issue," he said.
Sunbelt first discovered the malware on a Russian porn site late Friday. "This site and a couple of others use an exploit kit called Web Attacker, and it looks like the Web Attacker kit has been upgraded to include this new exploit," Sites said. [tag]IE bug[/tag][tag]Porn sites[/tag]Porn sites exploit IE bug to install spyware | InfoWorld | News | 2006-09-19 | By Robert McMillan, IDG News Service
