Alerts
Compromised Sites: The Embassy of the Republic of Azerbaijan in the Republic of Hungary and in Pakistan
Date:03.09.2009
Threat Type: Malicious Web Site / Malicious Code
Websense® Security Labs™ ThreatSeeker™ Network has discovered that the official Web sites of the Embassy of the Republic of Azerbaijan in the Republic of Hungary and in Pakistan have been compromised. They are infecting site visitors with malicious code. Similar malicious code is found on the main page of both sites, and leads to an Adobe Reader PDF exploit, CVE-2007-5659.
The Embassy of the Republic of Azerbaijan in the Republic of Hungary and in Pakistan provides visitors with brief information about the Azerbaijan nation, development of bilateral relations between countries, and corresponding consular information.
Websense ThreatSeeker Network has been tracking how this type of attack is carried out successfully over such reputable Web sites, targeting their peers and other visitors.
Screenshot of infected site(s):
Screenshot of infected site(s) source, and the malicious payloads:
Websense Messaging and Websense Web Security customers are protected against this attack.