● 06.13.09

●● Even Microsoft Can’t Secure Its Windows-based Web Sites (MSN Canada Cracked)

Posted in Microsoft, Security, Windows at 11:09 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

Summary: MSN Canada the latest to be compromised, Windows botnet tools put up for display

SOME weeks ago we learned that even 'amateur' users like the FBI are unable to dodge Windows viruses. Just a few weeks ago we also saw a Microsoft Web site (MSN New Zealand) falling victim to crackers and it has just happened again, proving that even Microsoft cannot secure its servers. How do they expect others like their clients to succeed?

MSN Canada Website Compromised by Hackers[...]Researchers from net security company Websense warn that a particular section of the MSN Canada website has fallen victim to hackers who injected rogue code into a page used for redirection.

In other news, CNET shows that even kids can now create their own Windows botnet.

The abstract concepts of “botnet” and “Trojan” just became a lot more concrete for me.In less than an hour on Thursday, I was able to use programs readily available on the Internet underground for as little as $300 to infect several Windows clients and take complete control of them in a test environment.

No wonder so many teenagers are wreaking havoc across the Internet (some are too young to be held accountable by national law) and ~320,000,000 computers are estimated to be zombies. Some researchers are rather astounded by the fact that the Web keeps standing at all. But at what cost? Damages are huge. We too are among the victims. █

Share in other sites/networks: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages.

Permalink  Send this to a friend

----------

➮ Sharing is caring. Content is available under CC-BY-SA.