Bogus blogs snare fresh victims
Posted by Larry on April 15th, 2005 filed in TechnologyCyber criminals are starting to use fake blogs to snare new victims
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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.
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