http://www.pcworld.com/article/158343/hackers_lurking_in_obamas_web_site.html By Robert McMillan IDG News Service Jan 26, 2009 U.S. President Barack Obama ran a successful Web 2.0 campaign last year. Now, as president, he's got to deal with a very Web 2.0 problem: hackers abusing the social-networking features of his Web site. Hackers have registered bogus accounts on Obama's online community, my.barackobama.com, where they are posting images designed to set off a chain of events that lead to malicious Trojan horse programs. These programs are stepping stones used by hackers to download more and more malware onto a victim's computer. The problem on Obama's Web site is not unique. Hackers and the operators of popular Web sites are often caught in a cat and mouse game, with the bad guys constantly finding a new way of uploading malicious programs just as soon as one avenue of attack is closed. Social-networking sites want to give their users as many cool ways of enhancing their own Web pages as possible -- my.barackobama.com lets users create their own blogs -- while at the same time reining in any misuse. "The U.S. Presidential campaign has shown the world how governments can leverage Web 2.0," Websense wrote on a company blog outlining the issue Monday. "However, this ... is yet another opportunity to spread more malicious code." [...] _______________________________________________ Best Selling Security Books & More! http://www.shopinfosecnews.org/Received on Mon Jan 26 2009 - 23:33:41 PST
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