Peaches Posted June 17, 2009 Report Share Posted June 17, 2009 Hacker Hijacks Millions of Cligs URLsErik LarkinThe Cli.gs URL-shortening service yesterday reported that an attacker managed break in via a software security hole and take over 2.2 million URL links. The Cli.gs service works like TinyURL to convert a long URL into a short link that is easier to use in e-mails, IMs and other messages. And lucky for Cli.gs users, this attack doesn't appear to have been intended to infect hapless surfers. According to security company Sophos, the hacked links took visitors to an Orange County Register blog posting on Twitter hashtags. Antivirus maker Kaspersky confirmed there was "No malicious code has been found on that particular page," and suggests the hacker meant to show the site was vulnerable to attack but not harm PCs.story at PCWorld - http://www.pcworld.com/article/166769/hack...cligs_urls.html Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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