Australian film - Federation of Australian Movie Makers
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Computer Related NEWS…Watch Out…Everyone…<br />
Thousands <strong>of</strong> Web sites stung by mass hacking attack<br />
According to Jeremy Kirk from IDG News Services:<br />
Up to 40,000 Web sites have been hacked to redirect unwitting victims to another Web site that<br />
tries to infect PCs with malicious s<strong>of</strong>tware, according to security vendor Websense.<br />
The affected sites have been hacked to host JavaScript code that directs people to a fake Google<br />
Analytics Web site, which provides data for Web site owners on a site's usage, then to another bad<br />
site, said Carl Leonard, threat research manager for Websense.<br />
The latest campaign underscores the success hackers have at hosting dangerous code on poorly secured Web sites.<br />
Once a user has been directed to the bogus Google analytics site, it redirects again to another malicious domain.<br />
That site tests to see if the PC has s<strong>of</strong>tware vulnerabilities in either Micros<strong>of</strong>t's Internet<br />
Explorer browser or Firefox that can be exploited in order to deliver malware, Leonard<br />
said.<br />
If it doesn't find a problem there, it will launch a fake warning saying the computer is<br />
infected with malware and tries to get the user to willingly download a program that<br />
purports to be security s<strong>of</strong>tware but is actually a Trojan downloader, Leonard said.<br />
Those fake security programs are <strong>of</strong>ten called "scareware" and don't work as advertised.<br />
As <strong>of</strong> last Friday, only four <strong>of</strong> 39 security s<strong>of</strong>tware programs could detect that Trojan,<br />
although that's now likely changed as vendors such as Websense swap malware samples<br />
with other companies in order to improve overall Internet security.<br />
The malicious domain serving up the malware is hosted in the Ukraine, the same region<br />
where notorious Russian Business Network (RBN) operated.<br />
RBN is a gang <strong>of</strong> cyber criminals involved in phishing campaigns and other malicious activity, Leonard said. That<br />
Web site appeared to be down as <strong>of</strong> Tuesday afternoon. The RBN is thought to be inactive now.<br />
PMA Australia 2009 Imaging Technology Show<br />
PXL S<strong>of</strong>t and Digital Planet Technologies will be exhibited in the Photo Imaging World Exhibition in<br />
Darling Harbour at the end <strong>of</strong> this month (June 25-28, 2009).<br />
We will be at Stand 524 to show case the popular Album Making S<strong>of</strong>tware DG Foto Art and a whole<br />
range <strong>of</strong> Digital Album. Please check out the details and register yourself in the following web site ,<br />
there will be plenty <strong>of</strong> give-aways gifts, new photographic equipment and accessories…<br />
http://www.pmaaustralia.com.au<br />
Last but not least, we are rebuilding our web site at Digital Planet Technologies at the<br />
moment for more contents, video training with the latest technologies from Google and<br />
the new site hopefully will be uploaded sometime next week, we will send an email to<br />
let everyone know to check it out. www.dpt.net.au<br />
David Tran. Digital Planet technologies.<br />
<strong>Australian</strong> <strong>film</strong> & video<br />
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