Employing a technique called “Fast-flux,” infected MySpace advertisements are once again being served through the MySpace website. Once a user’s login credentials are unscrupulously nicked, the client’s computer is turned into a zombie for all sorts of felonious fun. What makes fast-flux special is that the client’s PC is not the zombie doing the malicious work, rather it’s simply a front-man acting as one of thousands of anonymous proxy servers through which the real perpetrators can operate in complete secrecy.
Every user’s account that has been hijacked is now also serving the method of infection in addition to the advertisements which have undoubtedly been pulled from circulation. This is a self-perpetuating issue, magnified intensely by a teenager’s propensity to click on anything shiny via internet explorer.
As the panic spreads amongst netsec bodies, let’s stand back and appreciate the Darwinian simplicity of it all, shall we?
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