Did Anti-Sec ‘Hack’ Your Blog?
Early in the morning news came out, that a new group called the Anti-Sec (meaning Anti Security) and cracked into ImageShack. I came to know of it from Mashable Website.
I don’t know who these guys are. But what they say makes some meanings. I used to believe that Windows Viruses were released by AntiVirus Companies, so that we buy their products. By without full disclosure, the consequences may be several.
They claim that
“if you own a security blog, an exploit publication website or you distribute any exploits you are a target and you will be r(e)m(ove)’d. Only a matter of time”.
Maybe it’s nightmare time for Security Firms, who sell security products.
I found that someone had posted on Indiblogger that, his blog had been hacked by Anti Sec. I was shocked at first to know that it was a “blogspot” hosted blog. I trusted Google because of their security features and Anti Sec surpassed them?
Well, a quick check of the blog’s source code, revealed that the blogger account had never been compromised.
The problem was solved and the blogger is now a happy man.
The actual problem was caused by a widget called “Floating Back to Top Icon Widget”. It used an “arrow” image from ImageShack. Anti Sec fellows replace that “arrow” with the above image and it trickled down to the various blogspot hosted blogs that use that widget.
It consumes, half of the blog (I will try to get some images).
The solution was simple. Remove that Widget and the Image will go away.
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http://cookyx.com Dan
