The Web site for the U.S. Consulate General in St. Petersburg, Russia, <A HREF="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,2183380,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03119TX1K0000594">was broken into and was serving up malicious iFrames</A> earlier the week of Sept. 10, according to security researchers.

After trying to load a malicious iFrame onto victims' systems from a remote server, the iFrame then attempted to silently load even more malware, according to Sophos. The site, which has since been cleaned up, was actually only one of hundreds of compromised Web pages linking to two distinct malicious attack sites.