Obama's Social Network Being Used to Spread Malware
Mon, Jan 26th, 2009 |
Social media has been exhilarating so far - but are you ready to see it become a much bigger target for nefarious forces as it becomes more mainstream? WebSense Security Labs reports that the President's pre-election social network My.BarackObama.com, is being used by at least a handful of parties to spread malicious Trojans to unsuspecting network users.
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