Spammers passaram a usar o serviço de blogs da Microsoft, MSN Spaces, para hospedar conteúdo malicioso utilizado em spams e vírus, segundo a empresa de segurança SurfControl.
O MSN Spaces, lançado no final de 2004, é um serviço gratuito para hospedagem de blogs destinado aos usuários do HotMail, serviço de e-mails do MSN.
Entretanto, o processo de registro para novos usuários permite que spammers explorem o serviço criando blogs, para então, armazenar mensagens ilegais e arquivos maliciosos, segundo Charles Heunemann, diretor de gerenciamento da SurfControl.
Spammers have started using Microsoft's MSN blogging service to host malicious content used during spam and virus onslaughts, Internet security firm SurfControl said.
MSN Spaces, which was launched at the end of last year, is a free content sharing and hosting service. Users are required to register for a Hotmail account, after which they can publish a blog and share files.
However, a relatively simple registration system means that spammers are exploiting the service by creating accounts used to deliver often illegal messages and malicious files to unsuspecting users, said Charles Heunemann, managing director of SurfControl.
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