CYBER COPS India Headline Animator

Friday, May 09, 2014

EC Council official website hacked (http://www.eccouncil.org/)

The official website of International Council of E-Commerce Consultants, popularly known as EC-Council, is hacked. The hacker had inserted an image showing Edward Snowden's Passport and left following message on the www.ec-council.org website:
"
owned by certified unethical software security professional
-Eugene Belford

"
The name used by the hacker - Eugene Belford - is taken from the movie Hackers (1995) . The picture inserted is:



CCIn Fig.1: Defaced image taken from the EC-Council Official website

The above image shows the email message supposedly written by Edward Snowden to cehapp . CEHAPP is meant for international applicants to go for the Application Process Eligibility:

CCIn Fig.2: Screenshot of the Google Search of CEHAPP

Now visiting the same website is showing the following message:
Malwarebytes Anti-malware blocked access to a potentially malicious website: 93.174.95.82Type: outgoing
Port: 52145, Process: avp.exe
CCIn Fig. 3: Malwarebytes Anti-malware message popped when tried to open www.eccouncil.org

EC-Council's website is again hacked and following image is posted now:
CCIn Fig. 4: EC Council Website Hacked and Defaced Once Again
Further recommended readings: