Bogus Blogs Baited With Malicious Software

[Shamalama]

Bogus blogs snare fresh victims

Cyber criminals are starting to use fake blogs to snare new victims.

The bogus web journals are being used as traps that infect visitor's machines with keylogging software or viruses.

Filtering firm Websense said it had found hundreds of bogus blogs baited with all kinds of malicious software to snare the unwary.

Websense warned that the baited blogs could get past traditional security measures that try to protect people from malicious programs.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4441333.stm

[CelticRadio]

It really is bad all the different ways they are trying to scam people!

Even on our own CelticRadio.net we had to make some changes to our guestbook because of bogus guestbook messages! Now atleast they will not show up until they are approved so we can delete the bad ones.

I'm looking into Linspire for my kids. They seem to have a problem getting spam and I think sometimes they click on those little hole in one, baseball game banners!