Alan22
09-27-2010, 11:38 PM
I received many of these emails.
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LinkedIn Users Targeted with Fake "Contact Requests" to Spread Malware (http://www.securityweek.com/linkedin-users-targeted-fake-contact-requests-spread-malware)By Mike Lennon on Sep 27, 2010
On Monday morning, cybercriminals began sending massive volumes of spam email messages targeting LinkedIn users.
Starting at approximately 10am GMT, users of the popular business-focused social networking site began receiving emails with a fake contact request containing a malicious link.
According to Cisco Security Intelligence, these messages accounted for as much as 24% of all spam sent within a 15-minute interval today. If users click, they are taken to a web page that says “PLEASE WAITING.... 4 SECONDS..” and then redirects them to Google, appearing as if nothing has happened. During those four seconds, the victim’s PC was attempted to be infected with the ZeuS Malware via a “drive-by download” – something that requires little or no user interaction to infect a system.
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LinkedIn Users Targeted with Fake "Contact Requests" to Spread Malware (http://www.securityweek.com/linkedin-users-targeted-fake-contact-requests-spread-malware)By Mike Lennon on Sep 27, 2010
On Monday morning, cybercriminals began sending massive volumes of spam email messages targeting LinkedIn users.
Starting at approximately 10am GMT, users of the popular business-focused social networking site began receiving emails with a fake contact request containing a malicious link.
According to Cisco Security Intelligence, these messages accounted for as much as 24% of all spam sent within a 15-minute interval today. If users click, they are taken to a web page that says “PLEASE WAITING.... 4 SECONDS..” and then redirects them to Google, appearing as if nothing has happened. During those four seconds, the victim’s PC was attempted to be infected with the ZeuS Malware via a “drive-by download” – something that requires little or no user interaction to infect a system.