{"id":616,"date":"2007-05-12T06:41:12","date_gmt":"2007-05-12T14:41:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.mhvt.net\/?p=616"},"modified":"2008-07-11T10:33:01","modified_gmt":"2008-07-11T18:33:01","slug":"a-network-of-exploited-websites-of-21-academic-institutions-discovered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mhvt.net\/?p=616","title":{"rendered":"A Network of Exploited Websites of 21 Academic Institutions Discovered"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"mac\/anti-spam\/anti-spam.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"mac\/anti-spam\/anti-spam.jpg\" alt=\"anti spam\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<br \/><\/br><br \/>\n<br \/><\/br><br \/>\nExploring the exploited website of Solono Community College led us to a network of more abused websites for pharmacy spam.  The exploitation list includes <strong>Lewis-Clark State College<\/strong> (Lewiston, Idaho), <strong>Cerritos College<\/strong> (Norwalk, CA), <strong>Grossmont College<\/strong> (El Cajon, CA), <strong>Oklahoma State University<\/strong> The Fire Protection Society (Stillwater, OK), <strong>Modesto Junior College<\/strong> (Modesto, CA), <strong>Seton Hall University<\/strong> (South Orange, NJ), <strong>Valdosta State University<\/strong> College of Education (Valdosta, GA), <strong>Southern New Hampshire University<\/strong> (Manchester, NH), <strong>University of Idaho<\/strong> College of Agriculture (Moscow, ID), <strong>University of Massachusetts<\/strong> Isenberg School of Management (Amherst, MA), <strong>Kennesaw State University<\/strong> Georgia Educational Technology Training Center (Kennesaw, GA), <strong>Minnesota School of Business Globe College<\/strong> (MN), <strong>University of Wisconsin Stevens Point<\/strong> School of Education (Stevens Point, WI), <strong>Yildiz Technical University<\/strong> (Turkey), <strong>Texas Christian University<\/strong> (Fort Worth, TX), <strong>Vanderbilt University<\/strong> Institute for Software Integrated Systems The Generic Modeling Environment (Nashville, TN), <strong>Loyola University New Orleans<\/strong> (New Orleans, LA), <strong>Texas A&#038;M University Commerce<\/strong> (Commerce, TX), <strong>Massachusetts Institute of Technology<\/strong> Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences (Cambridge, MA), <strong>Cleveland State University<\/strong> (Cleveland, OH), <strong>Winthrop University<\/strong> College of Education (Rock Hill, SC).  <!--more--><br \/>\n<br \/><\/br><br \/>\n<br \/><\/br><\/p>\n<table width=\"440\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td><a href=\"mac\/affiliate_spam\/051207_mit_vanderbilt\/vanderbilt_isis.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"mac\/affiliate_spam\/051207_mit_vanderbilt\/vanderbilt_isis.gif\" width=\"180\" height=\"178\" alt=\"affiliate spam\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nScreenshot from Vanderbilt University<br \/>\nInstitute for Software Integrated Systems<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"mac\/affiliate_spam\/051207_mit_vanderbilt\/vanderbilt_pharmacy_spam.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"mac\/affiliate_spam\/051207_mit_vanderbilt\/vanderbilt_pharmacy_spam.gif\" width=\"180\" height=\"178\" alt=\"affiliate spam\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/br><\/p>\n<table width=\"440\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td><a href=\"mac\/affiliate_spam\/051207_mit_vanderbilt\/mit_paoc.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"mac\/affiliate_spam\/051207_mit_vanderbilt\/mit_paoc.gif\" width=\"180\" height=\"178\" alt=\"affiliate spam\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nScreenshot from MIT<br \/>\nProgram in Atmospheres, Oceans and Climate<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"mac\/affiliate_spam\/051207_mit_vanderbilt\/mit_pharmacy_spam.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"mac\/affiliate_spam\/051207_mit_vanderbilt\/mit_pharmacy_spam.gif\" width=\"180\" height=\"178\" alt=\"affiliate spam\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/br><br \/>\n<br \/><\/br><br \/>\nClick on the button to see how the websites of these 21 academic institutions are exploited for pharmacy spam. <a href=\"mac\/affiliate_spam\/051207_mit_vanderbilt\/mit_vanderbilt_pharmacy_spam.mov\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mhvt.net\/quicktime\/eng\/graphics\/button.gif\" width=\"25\" height=\"25\" alt=\"VTC\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Exploring the exploited website of Solono Community College led us to a network of more abused websites for pharmacy spam. 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