Monday, July 17, 2006

Political Hacking Hits MySpace

Dan Kaplan writes on SC Magazine Online:

Several bloggers are reporting today a MySpace hacking scheme in which malware writers embed Flash-based malicious code in profiles and redirect victims to an online tirade concerning the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

When logged-in users of the popular social networking site visit one of these "hacked" profiles, they are redirected to a blog containing conspiracy theories that the U.S. government orchestrated the attacks, according to security blog ChaseAndSam.com. In addition, those individuals visiting profiles that contain the malicious code will have their own profiles corrupted.

The problem can be solved by removing the code from a user's "About Me" section in their profile, according to ChaseAndSam.com.

More here.

posted by Fergie @ 7/17/2006 08:52:00 PM

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