Hackers using google image to distribute malware

[roachieuk (aka eciggery2011)]

Attackers are now using Google's image search to distributed malware, security experts say. Thousands of sites have reportedly been compromised by code injection--the malicious code redirects users to fake antivirus applications.

Internet Storm Center researcher Bojan Zdrnja writes that the attackers are mostly targeting Wordpress sites, and are injecting PHP code that generates pages with images based on highly-searched content. Google then indexes these pages, and the images show up on Google's image search.

Just be carfull peepes

Hope this saves someone

[AndnAnge]

Thanks for the heads up Roachie, I've never understood why people actually bother to make and spread viruses etc just vermin imo.

[roachieuk (aka eciggery2011)]

Me personally think its just them going "look what i can do aint i clever" like a stupid 5yo kid imo.

[Scylla]

Several months ago my AV snared malware when I clicked on a pic in Google image search results.

I used to have a great Firefox add-on called Finjan Secure Browsing that scanned websites for malicious activity before you accessed them (eg, it put "traffic-lights blobs" on Google search results, rather like WoT but in the margin), but they were bought up by M86 Security who serve businesses. I phoned them and they assured me they would be releasing something for personal use but they're taking their time. I really miss it

Looks like the Google image hazard it getting worse, thanks for the warning Roachie

scylla

[Pinhead]

This is indeed happening...

If you're mobidly curious like Fiona and I, and you search for the Bin Laden pic, it will come up. Once you open it to view it, congratualtions, you are now the proud new owner of a rogue program called Vista Anti-Virus 2011.

It will block things like Task Manager and disable your virus protection. It will also throw up loads of false virus warnings and block just about every page you try to visit and say it is a threat.

The only way to get rid of it is to either manually unistall it but this means editing your registry or to get hold of Spyware Doctor or SpyBot.

I speak from experience as Fiona's laptop got zapped 2 days ago.

Sean

[Jezarel]

That antivirus one can be a right pain in the backside, its been around for a while under different guises. one massive PITA as I recall.

Regards
Jez

[sellaman]

We've been lucky so far,, over the past couple of years my wife and I have not had any viruses.

[Deleted]

Had to remove that soab from a few machines over the last cpl of years , as Jez says it comes in different guises and is a pain to remove