Zombie PCs exploit hookup site in 4Square-for-malware scam
Security researchers have discovered a strain of malware that uses the geolocation service offered by an adult dating website as an easy way to determine the location of infected machines. Thousands of infected machines in a zombie network all phoned home to the URL promos.fling.com/geo/txt/city.php at the adult hookup site …
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SERVES THEM RIGHT
ANYBODY WHO WOULD USE THE INTERNET FOR PORN SHOULD HAVE THERE MACHINES INFECTED
Re: SERVES THEM RIGHT
Almost full marks for the obvious troll. Capitals, off -topic (porn != dating site), a bit of holier than thou and even a spelling mistake but unfortunately no profanities.
Re: SERVES THEM RIGHT
For the full effect, he needs the Linux penguin icon, the pirate flag icon, or the detective icon. Whichever would fit the least.
Re: SERVES THEM RIGHT
@Chris W
His comedy redneck persona quite funny, however.
Of course, having a really close family (and livestock), he'd have no need for pr0n.
Not quite as good as GPS
Very accurate service - for me it just returns: document.write("Spain");
Doing things the hard way...
I don't know why malware would bounce a geolocation query off an "adult" site, which is bound to raise a red flag on a monitored network.
http://www.geoiptool.com/ works just as well and looks a lot less shady.
Re: Doing things the hard way...
Maybe the hacker just wanted to fling caution to the wind?
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