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  • 23 September 2014
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Author: Zeljka Zorz/ HNS Managing Editor/ Posted on 23.09.2014
 
jQuery.com, the official website of the popular cross-platform JavaScript library of the same name, had been compromised and had been redirecting visitors to a website hosting the RIG exploit kit and, ultimately, delivering information-stealing malware.

While any website compromise is dangerous for users, this one is particularly disconcerting because of the demographic of its users, says James Pleger, Director of Research at RiskIQ.

"The jQuery library is a very popular toolkit for developing websites with dynamic content and is widely used by developers within enterprises. jQuery users are generally IT Systems Administrators and Web Developers, including a large contingent who work within enterprises," hepointed out.

 
 
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