April 25, 2008 – (HOSTSEARCH.COM) – Panda Security (http://www.pandalabs.com) is urging webmasters to check their website’s pages for the impact of a “massive hacker attack”. The company suggests a vulnerability in Internet Information Server (IIS) has impacted around 282,000 web pages with the possibility of that number rising significantly in the near future.
The vulnerability allows hackers to add SQL code in all web server hosted pages which redirect visitors to a malicious website which “analyzes systems for vulnerabilities that could be used to download all types of threats”.
Panda Security recommends that webmasters with IIS hosted pages check pages using a procedure which includes searching for a specific code string in the source code of a web page. In addition, the company recommends visiting http://www.infectedornot.com to scan their computers. This service is free of charge.
PandaLabs protects websites by utilizing an automated “system of collective intelligence” which “analyzes and classifies thousands of new samples a day and returns automatic verdicts” as to whether they are malware or goodware.
