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Blackhole exploit posted on US Postal Service site

The US Postal Service has pulled down a site hosting malicious code that was earlier used in a sophisticated multi-stage attack featuring the Blackhole Exploit kit. The infected site - http://ribbs.usps.gov - which is involved in the delivery of USPS's business mail-focused barcode-based Intelligent Mail services - was …

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site infected

http://research.zscaler.com/2011/04/uspsgov-website-infected-with-blackhole.html

avast reckons there is some sort of javascript infection on there and blocks the connection

It's in the quotes.

That blog quotes the obfuscated javascript, so matches the signature in the avast database.

Joke

USPS tag-line...

"We deliver..." (malicious code)

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Hahaha

When I first read this, my mind saw "Blackhole Exploited at US Postal Site"...I thought it was a gag story claiming that the USPS was tapping into a power source...

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LHC

I figured that quack in Hawaii was right and the LHC was killing us all...

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