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____/ nessuno on Wednesday 28 Oct 2009 16:51 : \____
> <Quote>
> Guys, I'm really sorry but we had some malware running on our site in
> ad boxes for a little while last week on Suzuki ads. They somehow
> fooled our ad sales team through an elaborate scam. It's taken care of
> now, and only a few people should have been affected, but this isn't
> something we take lightly as writers, editors and tech geeks. (And we
> would have noticed sooner except everyone on staff is on OS X or Linux
> for production machines.) Everything should be cleared up but you
> should be checking "qegasysguard.exe" if you're experiencing random
> popups. Be careful, load up some antivirus and make sure your system
> is clean. I'm sorry.
> </Quote>
>
> http://gizmodo.com/5390520/apologies-we-had-malware-running-as-ads-on-gizmodo
>
> Gizmodo's server got compromised. Sounds like they didn't notice
> because they were immune (not running Windows).
I don't think the server was compromised. It just ran a rogue ad.
"...statement on the Gizmodo website admits that it was tricked into running Suzuki
adverts which were in fact from hackers."
[...]
"...blaming the fact that staff used Linux operating systems on their production
machines for "not noticing sooner", it advised concerned users to load some
up-to-date antivirus software and "make sure your system is clean"."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8328399.stm
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