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MySpace worm uses QuickTime for exploit
Published December 6th, 2006 in All Categories, Exploits & Vulnerabilities, Malware, Security
The social networking site MySpace.com is under what one computer security analyst called an 
"amazingly virulent" attack caused by a worm that steals log-in credentials and spreads spam that promotes adware sites.
The worm is infecting MySpace profiles with such efficiency that an informal scan of 150 found that close to a third were infected, said Christopher Boyd, security research manager at FaceTime Communications Inc.
MySpace, owned by News Corp., is estimated to have at least 73 million registered users.
The worm works by using a cross-scripting weakness found about two weeks ago in MySpace and a feature within Apple Computer Inc.’s QuickTime multimedia player. MySpace worm uses QuickTime for exploit
