Ahmadinejad Blogs, Spreads Malware (Update: Maybe Not)
Update: There appears to be some doubt as to the validity of the statement that the site is targeting Israelis or contains any malware at all.
Mahmood Ahmadinejad, Iranian President, has taken to blogging. I think it’s great that he’s addressing people in this medium. Be sure to click the US flag, second from the left to get the English version.
But don’t visit his site if you’re in Israel. His blog is specifically geared to exploit an IE vulerability, but ONLY for Israeli IP addresses. Amazing.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadenijad now has his very own blog. That’s fine. The content is entirely what you might expect with one notable exception. Several Israeli bloggers, including Yael K.’s Step By Step, which I read regularly, report that if you access the Ahmadenijad blog from an Israeli IP address the site sends you a little gift, a cyberattack in the form of a virus or trojan (reports vary) designed to exploit an Internet Explorer vulnerability.
Link: Ahmadenijad Blog Contains A Little Surprise For Israeli Readers Using Windows and Internet Explorer