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Pro-Tibet sites infected with malware
Attacks 'specifically targeted' in wake of Olympic torch demonstrations
against Chinese policies
Clive Akass,
Personal Computer World 09 Apr 2008
Two sites favouring Tibet independence have been infected with malware in
what appears to be a targeted attack, according the security-specialist
ScanSafe.
The code embedded in the two sites could infect visitors with Trojan
downloader code that can pull in other malware under remote control.
The infection has been cleared from one of the sites,
Save
Tibet, and the other,
FreeTibet,
is in the process of being cleaned according to
Scansafe.
The attacks comes in the wake of demonstrations against the Chinese presence
in Tibet along the Olympian torch route.
Spencer Parker, director of product management at ScanSafe says “These
websites appear to have been specifically targeted as this is not a generic
Trojan downloader. Someone or some group has gone to great trouble to rewrite
the exploit and personalise it to the FreeTibet.org and SaveTibet.org websites.
"
He said Scansafe had found an iFrame – ad HTML construct allowing embedded
code - that re-directed visitors to a malware-infected site hosted in Taiwan.
Parker added:"There may be certain groups that are particularly keen to
monitor or disrupt activities of pro-Tibet interests.”
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