Sophos reporting a security issue on NSC

Bozza

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• Mar 4, 2014

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I'm aware that Sophos are reporting a "URL subjected to threat Mal/Iframe-AN" issue on NSC.

However, I've scanned the site myself as well as examined NSC's underlying file structures quite closely and I've not found anything untoward.

I'm wondering if there was a rogue ad in the Adsense network that triggered it, possibly connected to the re-direct that some iPhone and iPad users have been getting to 'Game of War' in the AppStore.

However, if you are seeing something dodgy, please do contact me either via PM or email bozza@northstandchat.com

 

KZNSeagull

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• Mar 4, 2014

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Don't this will help, but I have had some adware called "Lyrics-get" suddenly appear on my pc in the last 24 hours. It is one of these adware thingies that pops up when you click. I have no idea where it came from as I have not downloaded anything specific recently.

 

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drop dead fred

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• Mar 4, 2014

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is the game of war redirect fixed ??
Must of been there about 30 times

 

Bozza

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drop dead fred said:

is the game of war redirect fixed ??
Must of been there about 30 times

Click to expand...

It's kinda out of my control - I've reported it to Google Adsense as have a few other sites.

It seems to be intermittent and only happening to iPhone and iPad users - hence the re-direct to the App Store.

Either use Tapatalk or the mobile version of the site (http://www.northstandchat.com/forum.php?styleid=8) - both of which are significantly better than trying to access full NSC on your phone.

 

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Springal

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• Mar 4, 2014

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I'm using Google Chrome, on a late 2012 Macbook Pro, all the latest Adobe + Mavericks + Chrome updates installed, and NSC consistently crashes Flash Player for me since the weekend. Have had to revert to Safari for NSC viewing, which is fine, but I wonder if it is related possible.

 

Last edited: Mar 4, 2014

Yoda

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• Mar 4, 2014

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[MENTION=6886]Bozza[/MENTION], just to let you know, we use sophos at work and it hasn't detected any problems.