Leading social networking site MySpace was forced to shut down hundreds of user profile pages after a combination worm and phishing attack struck the site over the weekend. The worm, discovered late last week, targeted the Javascript support code associated with Apple’s QuickTime player in conjunction with a vulnerability in MySpace itself. MySpace enables users to embed the QuickTime video and audio player into their personal pages.
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Virus Forces MySpace to Remove Infected Profiles
Posted by: Keith Regan December 5, 2006 01:35 PMLeading social networking site MySpace was forced to shut down hundreds of user profile pages after a combination worm and phishing attack struck the site over the weekend. The worm, discovered late last week, targeted the Javascript support code associated with Apple’s QuickTime player in conjunction with a vulnerability in MySpace itself. MySpace enables users to embed the QuickTime video and audio player into their personal pages.