Web attack primes sites to infect visitors

Online fraudsters have compromised a large number of Web sites this week in an ongoing attack that installs hidden iframe components to redirect visitors to sites hosting malicious code.

So far, the attack has compromised hundreds of domains and more than 50,000 Web pages, according to handlers at the SANS Institute's Internet Storm Center. The attackers may be linked to a similar defacement in January that led to the Web site of the Superbowl venue, Dolphin Stadium, being hacked, ISC handler Mark Hofman stated on Friday.
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