From f343ef4d92352f9fc442aeb9c8b1abee27d74c62 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: luxagraf Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2020 10:24:02 -0400 Subject: cleaned up wired import --- .../Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/03.19.07/Mon/blogger.txt | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) create mode 100644 wired/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/03.19.07/Mon/blogger.txt (limited to 'wired/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/03.19.07/Mon/blogger.txt') diff --git a/wired/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/03.19.07/Mon/blogger.txt b/wired/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/03.19.07/Mon/blogger.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..386251f --- /dev/null +++ b/wired/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/03.19.07/Mon/blogger.txt @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ +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. + +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. + +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. + +A Google spokesperson told CNet, "We are investigating and blogs found to include malicious code or promote phishing will be deleted." + +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. + +[1]: http://www.fortiguardcenter.com/advisory/FGA-2007-04.html "Malicious Code Appears on Blogger.com" \ No newline at end of file -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2