Samsung site hosting malware

Websense reports trojans found on electronics giant’s servers.

A US-hosted website belonging to

Samsung Telecommunications America

, a subsidiary of South Korean electronics giant

Samsung

, has been playing host to numerous items of malware for some time, according to web security firm

Websense

. It is believed the site has been compromised in some way by hackers, who are using it to serve up their trojans.

In a report from the web watchers, the

Samsung Telecom

site is said to have been most recently carrying a trojan intended to disable AV software, log keystrokes and download further malware. No exploit code is being used, and it is suggested victims have been lured to the site via IM or email links.

Websense

has informed

Samsung

of the issue. The alert is available

here

.

Posted on 8 September 2006 by

Virus Bulletin