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Real Media attacks real people via RealPlayer

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on · 10 comments
Reg Developer; By Dan Goodin
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Hackers twist ad network into Trojan network. Hackers have rooted into a server owned by internet advertising network24/7 Real Media and used it to serve malware-laced banner ads that tried to circumvent security mechanisms on end users' machines, Symantec researchers said. The malware exploited a previously unknown vulnerability in Real Player that was patched on Friday.

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Comments (10)

It couldn't happen to a more deserving company. :D

Sadly, it appears that they are running Linux/Apache servers: http://toolbar.netcraft.com/site_report?url=http://www.247re... Poor Linux/Apache servers! We should liberate them.

Even more sadly, it would be a complete waste of time for anyone to even try to do this, except for the multi-billion-dollar windowses affinity for every last stray bit of random malware.
I always thought RealPlayer was just the alternative to Computer Player. Maybe these people are playing a different game than I.
People still use RealPlayer and the associated formats? That's sooo....mid 90s...
> That's sooo....mid 90s...

Last century sounds better.
>>>>That's sooo....mid 90s

So is my bicycle....and there is nothing wrong with it. BTW: I use realplayer as well
> Last century sounds better.

Umm. How about last millennium?
> How about last millennium?

That gives it the false luster of antiquity. :)
> That gives it the false luster of antiquity. :)

You are sooo middle-of-the-road. :D
> You are sooo middle-of-the-road. :D

Guilty as charged. At least midway between Bob and Dino, anyway.
jdixon, bob, and dino. That sounds so familiar...didn't I see you perform in the Steel Wheelchair Tour? The Rolling Gallstones?

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