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MessageLabs Intelligence released some new information today indicating that the assumption that most web-based malware resides on fly-by-night websites touting adult content, is an "old-fashioned notion."
Instead, a MessageLabs (part of Symantec) spokesperson tells Murdok that cybercriminals are more likely to be hiding on legitimate web sites tha have been compromised.
Data from the week of May 5th shows that:
As far as malware tricks go, this one is pretty diabolical. Over the weekend, Facebook users started receiving messages saying friends had tried to view their profile but were unable to do so. The message prompts the user to install a third party app, oddly titled “Error Check System.”
The actual text of the message reads: “[Name] has faced some errors when checking your profile View The Errors Message.”
About two years behind Google, Microsoft has finally decided to start marking malicious sites in the search results for Live Search. Better late than never though, I suppose.
Last Tuesday, Google published a report stating that web browsing and searching are increasingly becoming risky. Google for a year and a half now has been identifying web pages that infect vulnerable hosts via drive-by downloads, i.e. web pages that attempt to exploit their visitors by installing and running malware automatically.
A mass mailed e-mail carrying a link to an alleged account of a suicide attempt by Michael Jackson connects to a malware site.
Microsoft’s MSN Messenger is the latest in a long line of applications to be targeted by virus writers.
