http://news.techworld.com/security/3542635/reconnaissance-code-on-industrial-software-site-points-to-watering-hole-attack/
By Lucian Constantin
Techworld.com
01 September 2014
Attackers have rigged the website of an industrial software firm with a
sophisticated reconnaissance tool, possibly in preparation for attacks
against companies from several industries.
The incident was detected last week by researchers from security firm
AlienVault who found rogue code injected into the website of a big
industrial company that wasn't named. "The website is related to software
used for simulation and system engineering in a wide range of industries,
including automotive, aerospace, and manufacturing," said Jaime Blasco,
director of the AlienVault Labs in a blog post.
Unlike most watering hole attacks where hackers inject malware-carrying
exploits into websites visited by their intended targets, the purpose of
this attack was only to gain detailed information about visiting
computers.
The rogue code injected into the compromised site loaded a JavaScript file
from a remote server that was actually a reconnaissance framework dubbed
Scanbox, Blasco said. In addition to collecting basic information like the
browser type, computer IP (Internet Protocol) address, operating system
and language, this tool uses advanced techniques to detect which security
programs are installed on the visitor's system, he said.
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