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ChuckleMonkey: you’re infected and it’s no joke!

20
May
2011

Comedy site chucklemonkey.com is spreading malware through a malicious Java applet:

A code snippet is inserted in the main page (see above).

The Java applet comes from chucklemonkey.com/Slide.jar

It contains a malicious piece of code as shown below:

Upon successful infection, the malware calls fontom.no-ip.biz:1986/1234567890.functions

A server located in Morocco (41.142.111.146):

The comedy site has not been updated with fresh content for quite some time. More than likely the same can be said for security patches.

Jerome Segura

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