The Web site for computer parts manufacturer ASUStek Computer has been hacked and has been serving up attack code that exploits the recently patched .ANI Windows vulnerability. The exploit is hidden in an HTML element on the front page of ASUStek's Taiwanese Web site, which then attempts to download the code from another server. As of Friday afternoon, the server hosting the attack code was not operational, mitigating the risk of this attack, although attackers can always redirect their attacks to a live server. Based in Taipei, ASUStek makes computer accessories like motherboards, video cards, and CD-ROMs. Reliable exploit code that targets this flaw has been circulating for more than a week now. Roger Thompson, CTO with Exploit Prevention Labs, noted that the ASUStek hack shows how easy it is for even trusted Web sites to be compromised: "If a major company like ASUStek can get hacked and be infective, anyone can."
News source: InfoWorld
News source: InfoWorld
Major company, yes. But their websites are among the vilest things that ever set food online.
Slow as **** (if you are luckily enough to actually access a certain page) and annoying as **** with those pesky flashlets!
And one would hope they make a decent website, too.
http://searchdns.netcraft.com/?host=http%3...mp;lookup=Wait..
website was always slow and had worst download speeds
Last edited by spongaweb on 06 Apr 2007 - 23:18
Asus needs to work on their customer service in general. It's pretty sad for such a large corporation.
Even ad content on "safe" sites can be tainted.
I don't use antivirus. I'll get NOD32 on and run a scan...
Update: turns out my pc was updated, and NOD32 didn't catch anything.
Last edited by invalidbuffalo on 08 Apr 2007 - 01:08
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