More on Ahmadinejad's Blog
Does Iran now use the Internet to harass Israeli citizens? To take advantage of the increasing Iranian-Israeli dialog online? If you do visit the blog, the first screen looks innocent:
But if you click on one of the links on the left side of the page (and you are coming from Israel), you get this alert from your firewall:
And here is what Norton Internet Security has to say about this alert:
Looking up IP address 62.220.121.131 on DNSSTUFF clearly shows it is indeed an Iranian address. Here is the contact info for it:
“HTTP MS IE File DragDrop Embed Code”, according to Symantec is “an attempt to exploit a vulnerability in Internet Explorer […that] if combined with other vulnerabilities, […] could aid in execution of arbitrary code on the client computer”. Bad stuff.
Want to check this out yourself? Unless you are a security expert, don’t. If you understand the risk, and want to see for yourself, go to www.ahmadinejad.ir and click on www.khamenei.ir. Anyway, make sure all your defenses are up before you enter!
But if you click on one of the links on the left side of the page (and you are coming from Israel), you get this alert from your firewall:
And here is what Norton Internet Security has to say about this alert:
Looking up IP address 62.220.121.131 on DNSSTUFF clearly shows it is indeed an Iranian address. Here is the contact info for it:
“HTTP MS IE File DragDrop Embed Code”, according to Symantec is “an attempt to exploit a vulnerability in Internet Explorer […that] if combined with other vulnerabilities, […] could aid in execution of arbitrary code on the client computer”. Bad stuff.
Want to check this out yourself? Unless you are a security expert, don’t. If you understand the risk, and want to see for yourself, go to www.ahmadinejad.ir and click on www.khamenei.ir. Anyway, make sure all your defenses are up before you enter!
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1:06 PM
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