10 Apr Paul McCartney's website hacked to distribute malware
The official Web site for former Beatle Paul McCartney was compromised to infect users through drive-by downloads.
The site was attacked by the LuckySploit toolkit, according to web security firm ScanSafe, which discovered the hack. The toolkit was recently updated to include a set of HTML files that contain obfuscated and malicious JavaScript code, according to NoVirusThanks.org, a computer security website.
ScanSafe said in a statement that its researchers discovered the infection on Saturday, the same day McCartney reunited on stage with Ringo Starr for the first time in years. The toolkit was hidden behind an invisible frame on the site. When users visited, their machines were hit with an exploit that downloaded a rootkit.
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