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Hackers have compromised about 40,000 legitimate Websites, infecting them with malicious JavaScript that ultimately redirects users to a malicious site, says Websense. Security researchers at Websense say the tactics are reminiscent of the notorious RBN group.

Although Websense would not name any of the compromised sites, researchers said the victims did not include any "big-name government or business sites." The compromised sites are redirecting users to typo-squatted misspellings of legitimate Google Analytics domains…

Read full story: eWeek

Updates:  UPDATED Jun 02, 2009 8:15 AM PST
Beladen Loads Hacked Web Sites With Badness Brian Krebs, Washington Post, Jun.2.2009
Beladen.net Q&A ScanSafe Stat Blog, Jun.2.2009

Related topics: Cyberattack, Cybercrime, Malware, Security