Re: SMTP attacks, anyone ?

[Valdis Kletnieks <Valdis.Kletnieks () VT EDU>]

On Wed, 10 Oct 2012 16:23:24 -0700, Mike Iglesias said:

> They may have had outdated software on a system they used (like Flash, Java,
> Adobe Reader) that was leveraged by a web site to gain control of the system,
> install a keylogger, and had their password(s) captured.  This doesn't
> necessarily need "risky network behavior" to happen - it could be an ad server
> that has been compromised and is distributing attack code with the ads it is
> serving, or something along those lines.

A useful Firefox add-on:

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ipvfox/

Running that and NoScript, and you will be *astounded* at how many different
sites and domains you're downloading from to get a web page displayed (I think
at one point I caught www.cnn.com sourcing Javascript from well over a dozen
servers, and content from 2 dozen).  And compromise of *any* of them can lead
to a drive-by fruiting.

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