US Vulnerability Database Yanked Over Malware Infestation

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hypnosec writes “The US government’s National Vulnerability Database (NVD) maintained by National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has been offline for a few days because of malware infestation. The public-facing site has been taken offline because traces of malware were found on two of the web servers that house it. A post on Google+ containing an email from Gail Porter details the discovery of suspicious activity and subsequent steps taken by NIST. As of this writing the NVD website is still serving a page not found message.” Read more of this story at Slashdot.

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US Vulnerability Database Yanked Over Malware Infestation

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