Fake drug scam hijacks UK college websites
Posted in: Legal, Privacy & Security at 08/03/2010 02:09
UK academic institutions have unwittingly become the accomplices of criminals selling fake drugs online.
A security firm has discovered many organisations using the .ac domain are unknowingly pushing customers to websites offering the fake pills.
The scam exploits software flaws to piggyback on the computing resources of the colleges and universities.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8550219.stm
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UK university websites hijacked; selling Viagra etc.
A computer security firm has discovered a number of UK colleges and universities with the .ac.uk domain name hijacked and redirected to fake drug stores offering the usual spam-box full of supplies, according to the BBC.
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