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Hackers hoped for slam dunk on Japan Basketball Association website |
May 09, 2014
The sole target detected by Symantec of attacks using a recent Internet Explorer vulnerability was the website of the Japan Basketball Association, whose chairman is a high-ranking Japanese government official.Symantec detected three attacks since mid-February where hackers inserted malicious code on the JBA’s website that redirected people to other servers rigged to deliver malware, wrote Joji Hamada on the company’s blog. Such “watering hole” attacks intend to stealthily compromise visitors to a legitimate website.“The website may have been considered a good entry point or gateway to the Japanese government,” Hamada wrote.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
Link: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2153320/hackers-hoped-for-slam-dunk-on-japan-basketball-association-website.html#tk.rss_all
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