Indian Embassy website in Spain serves malware
By siliconindia   |   Wednesday, 04 February 2009, 23:44 IST   |    3 Comments
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Bangalore: The purpose of embassies as a diplomatic channel is being tainted by cyberpunks as the website of Indian Embassy in Spain is found to serve malware. The site is identified to serve malware through an injected malicious iFrame and large amount codes. The researchers of Trend Micro also reveal that numerous tags were found in the site with headers containing links to various websites, which are hidden from unknown visitors. It is also indicated that the Indian Embassy website isn't the only one injected with the codes, pointing to the possibility of a massive and global code injection attack. The set of injected codes was also reported to change from time to time. "In 2007, similar incidents had been found on Italian websites. Online criminals had launched a widespread web attack that had turned tens of thousands of legitimate web sites into weapons and almost all the websites that sourced the malware were from Italy. In such a case, users should ensure that their softwares are fully updated and patched, as hackers are relying on users running exploitable programs to gain entry into their systems," Amit Nath, Country Manager, Trend Micro India said. Further probe into the source suggested that this is possibly an advertisement scam or a massive malware attack in its early stage. Nath warns that since the website is already compromised, it's just a matter of modifying the tags to turn the seemingly non-malicious injection of code into a full-blown malware attack.

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