E-commerce sites based on open source code under attack | Linux Today

E-commerce sites based on open source code under attack

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Aug 1, 2011

“About 100,000 Web pages for e-commerce sites based on the open
source OS Commerce software have been compromised with malware
through a mass iFrame injection attack, according to security firm
Armorize.

The ongoing mass-injection attacks appear to be carried out from
Ukraine against the e-commerce sites. The sites that are
successfully attacked are compromised with malware which is then
used to try and attack visitors to these e-commerce sites, said
Wayne Huang, chief technology officer at Armorize.


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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