Re: MySpace Accounts Compromised by Phishers

[Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu]

On Fri, 27 Oct 2006 15:15:58 EDT, Dude VanWinkle said:
> On 10/27/06, Fergie <fergdawg () netzero net> wrote:
> > Good question. :-)
>
> a better question is why the hell would you jack a myspace page?
>
> is there any way to make money off it? What are the incentives?

You jack a page, now you have a starting point to feed IE exploits at
all the victim's friends when they visit.  You get lucky and nail somebody
with 2,349 "friends", that's a lot of leverage.  Especially if part of the
thing you shoot them is something to whack *their* Myspace page and go viral.

High hit rates by people who are likely not security/privacy conscious.
What's not to like about it if you're a black hat trying to monetize it? :)

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