Thursday, March 29, 2007 3:46 PM Don

Spammers Hijacking Legit Sites To Hide Their Tracks

Spammers are hijacking legitimate Web sites to disguise their traffic and throw off anti-spam and anti-virus filters.

Security company Sophos, Inc. issued an advisory Thursday morning, warning IT managers and Web masters that spammers have a new trick up their sleeves. Using PHP vulnerabilities, they are hacking into various Web sites and patching their own traffic through them.

Story continues at informationweek.com 

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