There’s been a large number of compromises related to PHPBB2 recently. One of the most common is that via an SQL injection attack, people accessing the Bulletin Board get forwarded to a rogue page where they (unwittingly) get asked to install more trojans and other malware on their system.

Here’s a write up on the issue as well as a video of a demonstration of what happens when you surf one of these compromised Bulletin Boards. Cool stuff. ( avertlabs.com )

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