p2pnet news | Music:- Hackers broke into Alicia Keys’ MySpace page, planting code which re-directed them to co8vd.cn/s, a Chinese malware site.

“Also hacked were pages for Greements of Fortune, a French funk band, and Dykeenies, a rock band from Glasgow,” says the New York Times.

When unsuspecting surfers arrive at co8vd.cn/s, they, “see a box on their screen telling them they need to install a special codec to view the video – a legitimate possibility on any site rich in media,” says the story, going on:

“But if the visitor clicks ‘yes’, the site installs software that appears to be a rootkit and DNS changer. This would allow the hackers to take over what you see on your browser and what you download onto your computer.”

This could be the same group which, “recently started watching for Mac users, and offering a Mac trojan as needed, and if that’s so, will also add to the effectiveness of the attack.,” says Roger Thompson on the Exploit Prevention Labs blog, adding:

“What’s not clear at this point is how they’re doing it, and how widespread it is. Neither google nor myspace seems to be indexing the critical bit of html. If you search for the exploit site (co8vd.cn), the only results seem to be victims, or people talking about victims.

“I guess we’ll have to wait for MySpace to tell us what happened.”

The domain is registered to Xiamen Hua Shang Sheng Shi Network in the Xiamen in Fujian province, says the China Internet Network Information Centre’s WHOIS listing, according to IDG News Service.

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Also See:
New York Times – Hackers Infect Alicia Keys’s MySpace Page, November 8, 2007
Exploit Prevention Labs – Alicia Keys MySpace page is hacked, November 8, 2007
IDG News Service – Alicia Keys’ MySpace Page Sings with Malicious Code, November 8, 2007

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