Vote for Firefly (We will give up our 'verse when you delete it from our cold dead video systems)! XXV
POSTED BY: FlatTop
UPDATED: Thursday, December 2, 2010 13:01
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just went to the the tvtally.com site using my Firefox 3.XX browser and I got a screen that said
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This web site at www.tvtally.com has been reported as an attack site and has been blocked based on your security preferences.
Attack sites try to install programs that steal private information, use your computer to attack others, or damage your system.
Some attack sites intentionally distribute harmful software, but many are compromised without the knowledge or permission of their owners.
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Their main page was reporting tha last week via Chrome 2.0, but not the top ten weekly page. After a few days, the main page was fixed. It takes different amounts of time for the block notice to be cleared by the different browsers. The Google notice indicates that the infection was first detected on the 13th.
IE8 also shows it as clear.
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1. Firefly 1206 44.37%
2. Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles 687 25.28%
Happy Thanksgiving to all
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vump
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Vruump, Vruump, Vroooop
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Burrrp
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So what happened to the tvtally site?
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Looks like some of their pages were still infected, and they decided it was more trouble than it was worth to clean it all up. If it was an SQL Injection attack, there would be a real mess left behind.
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It's been many years since I've done any coding, but in my brief reading of a SQL injection attack it seems the only use this has is to harm. What satisfaction could a hacker get from doing this to a non profit, non political, and non biased site like tvtally?
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These days, the hackers use spiders to search for vulnerable sites, infect them, and then report back. Payloads vary, most seem to be for infecting visitors so a trojan can be downloaded to a PC.
Not surprised that TVTally got hit. The site is not maintained much, and apparently has not had its code adapted to defend against AQL injection attacks.
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