Trend Micro Details Its Recent Failed Web Attack

Security software company Trend Micro on Friday confirmed that it had suffered a Web attack early in the week in which hackers embedded malicious code on the security vendor's Web site, but said its investigation showed no one visiting the site was affected.

The code inserted in some Web pages of the site was meant to redirect the visitor to a malicious server that would download malware capable of stealing passwords on an infected computer, Trend Micro spokesman Michael Sweeny said. The attempt, however, failed.

"We now know that the redirect on the site was broken code," Sweeny said. "It didn't work properly and didn't infect anybody."