Network Security White Papers
Evil Searching: Compromise and Recompromise of Internet Hosts for Phishing
Overview Criminals use web servers to host phishing websites that impersonate financial institutions, to send out email spam, to distribute malware, and for many other illegal activities. To reduce costs, and to avoid being traced, the criminals often compromise legitimate systems to host their sites. Extra files - web pages or applications - are simply uploaded onto a server, exploiting insecurities in its software. Typical techniques involve the exploitation of flaws in the software of web-based forums, photo galleries, shopping cart systems, and blogs. The security 'Holes' that are taken advantage of are usually widely known, with corrective patches available, but the website owner has failed to bother to apply them.
| Publisher | Harvard University | File Format | |
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| Date Published | February 2009 | ||
| Format | White Papers | ||
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