Windows 7: Nobel Prize site hacked, delivers malware

Capt.Jack Sparrow · 27 Oct 2010

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Yesterday (Oct 26, 2010), MMPC researchers learned that the Nobel Peace Prize website "nobelprize.org" was hacked and users browsing the site using Firefox versions 3.5 and 3.6 may have received malware. The malware is delivered by way of a malicious JavaScript that exploits a vulnerability in Firefox.
Mozilla is aware of the vulnerability and note that an update of the browser is pending.
Microsoft provides protection against the malicious JavaScript as "Exploit:JS/Belmoo" and the payload as "Backdoor:Win32/Belmoo.A" with antimalware signature version 1.93.562.0 and higher.
Below are SHA1 hashes for the related malware -

Exploit:JS/Belmoo – 4e10bc0c96c1f1dec856dd890f5e64f654229f1d
Backdoor:Win32/Belmoo.A - 244860d5c40d8d13c16fa8bba133c7608a09a276

Source: Nobel Prize site hacked, delivers malware - Microsoft Malware Protection Center - Site Home - TechNet Blogs

Klaw117 · 27 Oct 2010

I'd be willing to bet a million dollars that the Chinese Communist Party did this in retaliation for the Nobel Peace Prize being awarded to Liu Xiaobo, a Chinese human rights activist who is currently a political prisoner in China.

Phone Man · 27 Oct 2010

As reported on another post. Firefox has been patched for this problem and updated released.

Jim

Layback Bear · 29 Oct 2010

You just might have it correct Klaw117.

alfranatic · 30 Oct 2010

Indeed,they,the chinese, do have the fastest supercomputer on earth now..

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