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Crooks Continue Social Media Assault

There’s been a disturbing trend over the past few weeks showing that cyber-criminals are getting more adept at using popular social sites to ambush unsuspecting users. We’ve seen attacks targeted at Twitter, Facebook, Google’s Gmail, Gtalk, and even search. Today’s spotlight is on YouTube, a big part of the reason PandaLabs has seen a 400 percent spike in the infection rate of a specific kind of adware.

MySpace Sexual Assault Suit Dismissed

The idea that MySpace was responsible for an offline sexual assault fell on deaf judicial ears as a Texas judge dismisses a $30 million lawsuit filed by the parents of a 13-year-old girl.

The drama occurred last spring after a Texas girl, who misrepresented herself as a 14-year-old (the minimum age to use MySpace), arranged to meet 19-year-old Pete Solis, who also lied about his age, near the girl’s home. Solis was later arrested and charged with sexual assault.

The Googlebot Assault Continues

Now that the long-awaited PR update has come and gone, there are reports of the Google’s indexing spider continuing to perform comprehensive site scans. Recently, Murdok ran an article discussing these types of scans and the majority of the speculation pointed towards the upcoming PR update. Now that this quarter’s update is complete, why is the Googlebot continuing to bombard sites?

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