The Invisible IFrame Attack

Recently I have seen many posting about the “Blackhole Exploit Kit” and the “Invisible IFrame Attack” on various forums, Antivirus Software Provider websites and various other resources.

Due to my activities in IT Security, I have dealt with this kind of “attack” before, and looking at what has been posted on the sources I saw until now, I would like to mention a few thoughts on this matter. Continue reading

Security requires Suspicion

Recently I have dealt with a number of websites that were showing abnormal behavior  as stated by the person that asked for my assistance. All websites used WordPress as Blog/CMS and a first look at the websites in question in fact was showing that some items were not showing. Mainly graphics were effected by the “error”, no text-elements were modified or replaced. Continue reading