Arsenal fan site nobbled by malware
An Arsenal fan site has been compromised to serve up sophisticated malware. Malicious code smuggled onto Onlinegooner.com redirected users to sites in Asia and Russia that download a wide variety of nasties onto vulnerable Windows PCs.
The downloaded malware contains a potent cocktail of rootkit, keylogging, backdoor, ARP (Address Resolution Protocol) poisoning, and DNS (Domain name system) spoofing capabilities.
An analysis by net filtering firm ScanSafe suggests the seeding of the malware happened around 18 February, just before a Champions League match between the English football side and AC Milan that ended in a scoreless draw. The horrific injury of Brazilian-born Croatian star Eduardo da Silva in last weekend's Premiership game with Birmingham City on 23 February probably played into the hands of hackers by driving traffic to the popular site, which has been providing independent news to Arsenal fans for over ten years.
