The iFrame attacks that have made news in recent weeks are spreading to more prominent websites.  Among the sites infected are USA Today, Target, and Wal-Mart.  The most recent attack targets search engine results; the results are manipulated so that users are likely to visit sites that have been infected with malware.
http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9905951-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
http://ddanchev.blogspot.com/2008/03/massive-iframe-seo-poisoning-attack.html

http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9073098&source=rss_topic17
http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2213090/search-engine-attack-lingers

The trend of drive by downloads from compromised websites continues or in this case compromised hosts hold the malware, with search engine optimization is driving people to them. Malware is a big money game - it is not going away any time soon. As always keep your servers secure and your desktops patched.

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