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+According the security firm Fortinet, Google's [Blogger.com is being used extensively in both phishing attacks and to propagate malware][1]. In some cases the traffic to the sites is being driven by "a variant of the Stration mass mailer" worm a Fortinet security notes warns.
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+One example listed in the security bulletin is a malicious script from "Pharmacy Express," which advertises Viagra and Valium but actually tricks victims into giving up personal and medical information to the fraudulent site.
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+Other examples are even trickier including a Blogger.com site, which purports to be created by a Honda CR450 enthusiast, that infects visitors with the Wonka Trojan. Naturally the trojan doesn't load from Blogger itself, but, according to Fortinet, is hosted on a web site hosted in Russia.
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+A Google spokesperson told CNet, "We are investigating and blogs found to include malicious code or promote phishing will be deleted."
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+This is hardly the first time scammers have used a large social networking site to nefarious ends, both MySpace and YouTube have also been hit in recent months, and I think it's safe to say that this sort of scam will grow even more common as social networking sites continue to go more and more mainstream.
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+[1]: http://www.fortiguardcenter.com/advisory/FGA-2007-04.html "Malicious Code Appears on Blogger.com" \ No newline at end of file