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More than 100 websites are hosting potentially dangerous executable content
More than 100 websites are hosting potentially dangerous executable content. A few dozen companies, some of them Fortune 500s, are among those that executed proof-of-concept code. At least one misconfigured site is directing visitors, human or AI, to live malware. Researchers at a stealth startup in Israel scanned 6,214 live domains belonging to defense contractors, Fortune 500, and Big Tech companies. 227 install commands were found in corporate docs pointing at code nobody owns.
Why it matters. Why it matters: More than 100 websites are hosting potentially dangerous executable content.
- More than 100 websites are hosting potentially dangerous executable content.
- A few dozen companies, some of them Fortune 500s, are among those that executed proof-of-concept code.
- At least one misconfigured site is directing visitors, human or AI, to live malware.
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