Thursday 19 February 2015

Popular Porn RedTube Spread Malware


On the popular porn RedTube researchers have found malicious code that tried to infect visitors with malware. That leaves anti-virus company Malwarebytes know today. Unlike several other porn sites that for "drive-by downloads" were used, there were no infectious ads used in this case. The attackers had direct access to the code of the website.

The malicious code was executed inside an iframe and pointed to the Angler Exploitkit on another page. This exploitkit uses a recently patched vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player. In case users do not use the latest version of Flash Player, they can become infected with a Trojan horse. This malware steals personal information and installs browser helper objects showing ads. Some of these ads pointing again to other operating pages can infect your computer with malware so on.

RedTube leaves in front Malwarebytes know that last Sunday was attacked and the problem was resolved within a few hours.Meanwhile RedTube the malicious code would be removed . The porn is according to measurement agency Alexa on the 128th place of most visited websites on the internet. Earlier today, the anti-virus company warned that the website of chef Jamie Oliver malware spread . Also, this problem has now been resolved.

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