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BusinessWeek takes viral advertising a bit too seriously

Yesterday it was reported that BusinessWeek had been infected with malware via an SQL injection attack.

[begin Mom lecture]

Remember when we talked about PCI DSS being a good idea for everyone, even though it's just a requirement for the payment card industry? If I've told you once, I've told you a million times: safer is better, more protection never hurts.

[end Mom lecture]

The coolest thing about the web is that, unlike being a mom with one teenager left in the house, I don't have to actually repeat myself. I can just link to it again...and again...and again.

Interestingly, the aforementioned report indicates that "Sophos informed BusinessWeek of the infection last week, although at the time of writing the hackers' scripts are still present and active on their site."

Read the rest at DevCentral

 

 

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