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[1dmf]

came across this article, don't know how old it is, but it certainly makes you think twice about visiting these social networking sites.

MySpace Hacked, Exploits Target Alicia Keys' Page

Avoid Alicia Keys' Web page on MySpace. It's been hacked.
Roger Thompson, CTO at Exploit Prevention Labs, has found multiple hacked MySpace pages, including the page for Alicia Keys, the social networking site's fourth most popular music artist.

In keeping with what appears to be a new trend among security researchers, Thompson has released a video depicting the hack on YouTube. He has also posted details on his blog.

Visiting the page exposes the visitor to an exploit that installs malware unless the user is fully patched against the most recent security vulnerabilities. "They're using an exploit to install software in the background," Thompson explains in the video.

Edited by 1dmf, 15 November 2007 - 10:45 AM.

[Randy]

Please provide the URL of the article so there's proper attribution 1dmf.

FWIW, my main reason to avoid Social Networking sites is that they're all time eaters. And there are already too few hours in the day for yours truly.

[1dmf]

oops sorry Randy, i'm never sure when i should or shouldn't post url's in forums , so i'll stop it hyperlinking to be safe

CODE

http://shadowping.com/news/news.htm

I understand where you're coming from, if i spent my time on facebook or myspace 24/7 i'd end up plugged into the Matrix and not getting anything in the 'real world' done!