Monday, June 8, 2009

Hackers took 100,000 Websites Down!

Unknown Hackers gone rampage again destroying 100,000 Websites! They targeted Server Virtualisation software HyperVM, which powers most virtual private server (VPS) hosting companies!

The hackers exploited the zero-day vulnerability in the LxLabs HyperVM software to gain system root access. Sad to say some of the servers were destroyed by the attack without backups. Being able to access the system root, Hackers abled to run commands (-rm -rf LINUX) deleting all files without any questions asked. The destruction of the data prevents the server to boot and users from recovering data.

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