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KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) has advised Malaysian website owners to update and secure their website from hacker attacks.

This was in response to media reports on the incidences of Malaysian websites being compromised by hackers.

" Malaysian website owners must update and secure their website applications and servers to the latest patches and service packs to fix various vulnerabilities that can be exploited by hackers to compromise their websites," it said in a statement.

MCMC said the hacking incidence was first detected on Aug 31 and has since affected 125 websites. The hackers had inserted a webpage through known vulnerabilities on the websites, announcing that they have compromised those websites.

The commission said it has been monitoring the situation through the MCMC Network Security Centre on the various postings made by the hackers on related blogs, forums and social networking websites.

Refer @ http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/articles/20090904105704/Article/index_html