Spammers attack Sourceforge Wiki revealing vulnerabilities faced by User generated content, says Cyberoam Threat Report

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(Free-Press-Release.com) October 30, 2009 -- Among the top stories, Sourceforge.net, a popular download site for open source software, saw a search engine spam attack in its wiki subdomain, with keywords and inbound links leading to a specific pornography site.

The above incident could have as easily involved a malware hosting site, which puts the consumers of user generated content such as wikis at huge risk from threats where spammers hide inappropriate content deep inside the site URL while simultaneously using reputable domains/subdomains for getting a higher page rank.

Commtouch. Among the top stories, Sourceforge.net, a popular download site for open source software, saw a search engine spam attack in its wiki subdomain, with keywords and inbound links leading to a specific pornography site.

The above incident could have as easily involved a malware hosting site, which puts the consumers of user generated content such as wikis at huge risk from threats where spammers hide inappropriate content deep inside the site URL while simultaneously using reputable domains/subdomains for getting a higher page rank.

For the 2nd quarter in a row, Cyberoam saw spikes in email-borne viruses not caught by major anti-virus engines. Out of these, two particular viruses Mal-Bredo A and Mal-Behav 340 saw distribution of over 10,000 distinct variants. Sites in the “Health and Medicine” and “Sex Education” category topped the list of sites manipulated by phishing schemes. Brazil continues to remain the zombie hotspot accounting for nearly 19.7% of global zombie activity.

Cyberoam uses the Commtouch RPDTM technology to analyze large volumes of Internet traffic in real-time. Unlike traditional spam filters, it does not rely on email content, so it is able to detect spam in any language and in every message format (including images, HTML, etc.), non-English characters, single and double byte, etc. Its language and content agnostic nature enables it to provide effective spam blocking capabilities. Cyberoam incorporates this technology within its unique identity-based UTM appliances, which deploy user identity-based functionality across all of its features. A departure from traditional IP address-dependent solutions, Cyberoam determines precisely who is doing what in the network, providing IT managers with stronger policy control and clearer visibility of activity.

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