New mass SQL injection attack infects 56,000 websites - SC Magazine US

New mass SQL injection attack infects 56,000 websites - SC Magazine US

Tens of thousands of websites have been compromised with a suite of malware containing backdoors, password stealers and downloaders, according to a security firm.

“It's a pretty potent concoction, from a malware perspective,” Mary Landesman, ScanSafe's senior security researcher, told SCMagazineUS.com on Monday.

So far, more than 56,000 sites have been compromised -- via SQL injection -- with a malicious IFRAME that loads exploits from several attacker-owned domains, Landesman said. The malware-hosting domains were registered between Aug. 3 and 9.