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SQL injection attack hits hundreds of thousands of websites

article published on 2 April, 2011

Hundreds of thousands of websites have been hit by a code-injection attack that targets a problem with an unknown (so far) web application. Websense has dubbed the widespread attack as "LizaMoon" after the website its researchers were initially directed to by the malicious code. The attack seems to have largely affected small website so far, with no reports of major corporate or government ... [ read the full article ]

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nonoitall

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2. April 2011 @ 06:23

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"Unknown" web application? Right... :-D

Come on guys, it's April 2nd now.

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2. April 2011 @ 06:37

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I'm writing a paper on SQL injections and plan on including this as a case study, it's not an April fool's joke is it?

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nonoitall

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2. April 2011 @ 15:59

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I dunno. April 1st was the wrong time to post this if it's real news. Seeing the antiquated (and security-hole-ridden) IE6 used in the video made me think this is not legitimate news. (At least not recent legitimate news.) Seems like some reports of it are dated March 31st though, so I'm not sure.

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Mrguss

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3. April 2011 @ 02:54

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Some simple common sense will protect you and your PC....
Only 17 of 43 AV (antivirus) engines can detect it...
+1,500,000 URLs had inserted Javascript link to lizamoon.com "Ukraine or Russia"
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/72191.html?wlc=1301818476
http://www.toptechnews.com/story.xhtml?story_id=77980&full_skip=1

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Dela

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3. April 2011 @ 04:30

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No, this is not an April fools joke and it is still on-going.

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nonoitall

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3. April 2011 @ 16:23