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While MySpace has removed some objectionable content to pacify the media, it hasn't stopped criminal activities from getting worse day by day.
Users of the immensely popular MySpace.com social networking website are being targeted in a new "hybrid" phishing scheme aimed at stealing their identity, one security firm warned today.
Researchers at the Maitland, Fla.,-based Aluria Software said
scammers are posting malicious links on MySpace
Hiep Dang, Aluria's director of threat research and engineering says:
When you're dealing with an entity that large, people with malicious intent come and try to exploit that technology -- it's just like email. Users who double-click on the links located on some of the profile pages of MySpace's more than 50 million members are sent to a bogus site that resembles the real thing. The MySpace member then is prompted to re-enter login account information, then captured by the attackers, Dang said. The hope is their MySpace username and password is the same information they use to access sites where online transactions are made. The fraudsters combine some other malware, such as a trojan or keylogger, to determine where else on the internet the user might enlist that same login information
"People are not in immediate danger, but they shouldn't click things and assume they are safe."
cbs4denver.com - Denver, CO, USA reports with VIDEO news story:
Six men suspected of stealing $40,000 worth of items from a home, and raping the girl who invited them over were identified through their profiles on MySpace.com... the same web site where the girl met the men. . . . Be sure to press "Play" for the broadcast video story. . . READ MORE
Marin Independent-Journal - San Rafael, CA, USA
MySpace Victim: Kathleen Gardner sits with her 13-year-old daughter, Olivia, in their Novato home. Olivia was the target of intense 'cyber bullying' on MySpace.com, prompting her mother to transfer her from Hill Middle School. . . READ MORE
WTNH - New Haven,CT,USA reports:
After getting heat from a lot of lawmakers and parents, the controversial website MySpace.com says it has deleted about 200,000 of what it calls objectionable posts. MySpace says some of the pages that have been deleted contained hate speech, it says others were too risque. . . READ MORE
All Headline News - USA reports
Stepping up efforts to allay fears about the safety of the network, MySpace.com claims it has removed 200,000 ÒobjectionableÓ profiles from its site. . . . READ MORE
Tahoe Daily Tribune - South Lake Tahoe,CA,USA says:
Cristina Soresca began using MySpace.com last year when the Web site exploded in popularity. More insights into how high schools and middle schools are coping with the MySpace phenomena READ MORE
Emediawire (press release) - Ferndale, WA, USA reports:
PixMySpace.com, created by entrepreneur Mark Herrera, is creatively connecting the largest growing community on the internet MySpace.com with each other in a new and innovative way. ... through the marriage of pixel page advertising and the community of MySpace.com . . . READ MORE
Charlotte Sun-Herald - Charlotte, FL, USA tells the story
When Jessica Koehler made her account on MySpace.com, she thought it was a good way to keep in touch with family and friends -- also found out it ia a way for someone to hurt her. . . . READ MORE
ShortNews.com - Regensburg, Germany is reporting
A police officer monitoring myspace.com discovered pornographic pictures of Elizabeth Muller, 19, and an unidentified 16 year-old girl READ MORE
Columbus Dispatch - Columbus, OH, USA reported last week :
Two police officers were suspended and four others face disciplinary action after posting comments and photos on MySpace.com. Seems they posted discussions about police work, including the recent arrest of country music singer John Michael Montgomery on DUI charges... READ MORE
Local teens aren't the only people visiting "social" Internet sites such as MySpace.com says 1st Sgt. Sal Torelli of the Fauquier County Sheriff's Office
"county police have been "operating" on MySpace.com for some time with fictitious identities so they can monitor what is happening among users. READ MORE
Local6.com - Orlando, FL, USA - BOULDER, Colo.
Colorado detectives have used profiles posted on the MySpace social networking Web site to identify and arrest six rape and robbery suspects from a party that turned violent. . . READ MORE
San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA
If parents notice that an older MOSS or MOTOS is asking for their child's A/S/L for OLL, they better have a serious F2F with the kid ASAP.
Translation: Members of the same sex and members of opposite sex are using the Internet to seek out childrens' age, sex and location for online love, and parents should speak with their kids face-to-face right now to prevent them from becoming victims . . . READ MORE
Steve Rosenbush has reported:
Facebook, the Web site where students around the world socialize and swap information, has put itself on the block, BusinessWeek Online has learned. The owners of the privately held company have turned down a $750 million offer and hope to fetch as much as $2 billion in a sale . . . READ MORE
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