Expedia.com, Rhapsody.com serving up malicious code
Legitimate Web sites are increasingly becoming unwitting sources of malware. Security experts report that Expedia.com and Rhapsody.com today have been serving up banner ads that attempt to get visitors to download fake antispyware, while embassy Web sites in Ukraine and Russia have also been spewing out attack code this week.
“Expedia and Rhapsody are both serving up Shockwave ads with malicious code,” says Jamz Yaneza, research project manager at Trend Micro, which has shared its findings with both online e-commerce companies.
At Expedia.com, a banner with malware dubbed SNF_ADHIJACK.A has tried to direct anyone who clicks on it to a site to install a Trojan called TROJ_GIDA.A, Yaneza says.
“These Shockwave banner ads being served are malicious,” says Yaneza, who notes that the content banner may appear to be from a legitimate source.
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