Provider of security solutions from Germany, G Data Securitylabs disclose new attacks against Instant Messaging applications like MSN Messenger and Windows Live Messenger continues to rise.
G Data SecurityLabs found that hackers and other cyber criminals are often spread spam to IM services. Diverse forms, ranging from the related link to the IM service, friend requests 'False'.
One of the links found in G Securitylabs data, among which are the links that connect with a Russian software company site. These sites try to offer the software at low prices. The company goal is to obtain personal information and credit card number casualties.
Another threat that often occurs on the IM service is able to block the threats hackers contact names in your friends list. Hackers will block those contacts. Thus was launched V3, Monday (28/06/2010).
This threat will be harmful, because users would like to chat with existing names in the contacts, when he was chatting with the virtual world of criminals.