Peaches Posted January 26, 2009 Report Share Posted January 26, 2009 Cybercrooks Target Social Networks Melissa Chua, CIO Asia Sunday, January 25, 2009 6:00 AM PST " The distribution of malware on social networking sites first occurred in small amounts towards the end of 2007, but that trend appears to be on the rise. According to a report from MessageLabs Intelligence, which specializes in the analysis of messaging security issues and threats, a popular tactic in 2008 among cyber criminals involved the creation of fictitious accounts on social networking sites. These fake accounts were then used to post malicious links, which usually led to a phishing site, to legitimate users. Scammers would then make use of the phished personal information, such as usernames and passwords, to gain access to legitimate accounts. This access would be used to post blog comments on their pages of their friends, and send messages from the phished accounts to other contacts. These messages usually contained spam, including links to spam sites such as online pharmacies." PC World: http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/arti...l_networks.html >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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