Sri Lanka state terrorism in cyber space

(July 13, 2009) The website of the Sri Lanka state-owmed Dinamina newspaper has been reported as an attacking site that tries to install programs that steal private information, use your computer to attack others, or damage your system.

Meanwhile, the authorities have also taken steps to block the Lanka News Web (www.lankanewsweb.com) in Sri Lanka since July 11. This site published both in Sinhala and English post news that thoroughly criticize the government, its allies and the pro-government media. It was started in February and came under criticism from the pro-government lobby since the beginning.

The editors of the website are believed live in UK. Some media persons supected to be the reporters of this website are also under threat.

www.dinamina.lk has been reported as an attack site

(July 11, 2009) I received the following message when I attempted to visit Sri Lanka state-owned Dinamina newspaper's website. This is based on average security preferences.

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Diagnostic page for www.dinamina.lk

What is the current listing status for www.dinamina.lk?

Site is listed as suspicious - visiting this web site may harm your computer.
Part of this site was listed for suspicious activity 3 time(s) over the past 90 days.

What happened when Google visited this site?

Of the 404 pages we tested on the site over the past 90 days, 7 page(s) resulted in malicious software being downloaded and installed without user consent. The last time Google visited this site was on 2009-07-09, and the last time suspicious content was found on this site was on 2009-07-02.Malicious software is hosted on 2 domain(s), including hit-senders.cn/, eachbul.net/.
This site was hosted on 1 network(s) including AS5087 (LANKA).

Has this site acted as an intermediary resulting in further distribution of malware?

Over the past 90 days, www.dinamina.lk did not appear to function as an intermediary for the infection of any sites.

Has this site hosted malware?

No, this site has not hosted malicious software over the past 90 days.

How did this happen?

In some cases, third parties can add malicious code to legitimate sites, which would cause us to show the warning message.

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