Naughty posters on hijacked subdomain show up in search results
A forgotten subdomain on PricewaterhouseCoopers' dot-com has been hijacked to host ads for porno websites and apps, neatly demonstrating why you should not neglect your corporate DNS records.
Developer and security researcher Vitali Fedulov told The Register this week he has twice now found the pwc.com subdomain hosting a roster of X-rated adverts to lure netizens to online smut emporiums, X-rated apps, blogs, and adult-only chat rooms. The material also shows up in web searches.
The subdomain, amyca-devapi.pwc.com, has since been taken offline – it no longer resolves to an IP address – though its entries in Google remain for now:
Screenshot of the PwC subdomain showing up in Google hosting all kinds of over ..
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