LinkedIn Profiles Link To Malware

LinkedIn Profiles Link To Malware

Malicious user profiles, which have long plagued consumer-oriented social network sites like MySpace and Facebook, are now appearing on more professionally oriented social network sites.
Earlier this week, Trend Micro security researcher Ivan Macalintal found several fake LinkedIn profiles that have appropriated the names of celebrities to spread malware.



Trend Micro says that cybercriminals buy and sell preregistered profile accounts on social networks as launch pads for attacks. This happens on other trusted sites and IT services as well, because exploiting trust is the key to a successful social engineering attack.