Security researchers warn that various domains in the .gov space had their DNS hijacked and are hosting pages that redirect users to adult websites. The hijacking seems to be part of a scheme to push FLVDirect adware.

Apparently, FLVDirect affiliates are abusing several government domains, including, but not limited to yanceycountync.gov, uppersiouxcommunity-nsn.gov, woodfin-nc.gov, dumontnj.gov and emporia-kansas.gov to trick users into downloading and installing adware on their computers. The attackers have managed to create sub-domains on the affected domains.

Pages hosted on the rogue sub-domains are riddled with keywords and being used in a black hat search engine optimization (BHSEO) campaign to poison search results for queries related to adult content. Such techniques are commonly employed by cyber crooks to infect unsupecting users looking for information on current events with scareware.

Visiting any of the pages hosted on the rogue sub domains redirects users to either a FLVDirect affiliate site promising hundreds of hours of adult videos for free or an adult dating community. FLVDirect is well known piece of adware – an application designed to display unsolicited ads once installed on a computer.

Ref: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Government-Domains-Point-to-Adult-Content-147902.shtml