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BID : ED8088G0ANS
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Subj: UK Gov-backed website to malwa
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UK Gov-backed start-up website directs users to malware
UK Government-backed website pushed by Prime Minister David Cameron found to
link users to malware.
StartUp Britain was found to be linking to a page that served fake anti-virus
scareware garbage to users. The website, designed to champions the UK's
start-up businesses, only launched on Monday. The operators of the website
removed the link when they were informed.
"There were some issues with a link on the website at the launch. This issue
has been addressed and any links that were not operating as intended have been
amended or removed.
The website featured a link to an article about billionaire Warren Buffet. The
page then took users to a fake banking website, which attempted to peddle the
malware.
"It went to a third-party site, bankling.com, where users were redirected to a
fake anti-virus page given a prompt saying their computer was infected and
encouraging them to download a fix," Paul Baccas, a senior threat researcher
at Sophos, said.
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