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Fake LinkedIn Profiles Spew Malware


Yesterday, Trend Micro exposed several bunk profiles on business networking site LinkedIn, and revealed the profiles to be infesting visiting computers with malware.

According to researcher Ian Macalintal, those imitating celebrities such as Beyonce Knowles, Salma Hayek and Kirsten Dunst were among the offending profiles. Many lured visitors to the pages by claiming to host nude pictures of the imitated celebrity.

As stories of cyber criminals operating on social networking sites become more and more prevalent, we are not terribly surprised at this news. We would be pretty surprised if anybody were to fall victim to it, though -- does anybody really believe that these movie stars would be on LinkedIn?

They're probably the only folks that aren't looking for work right now. [From: Trend Micro via CNet]

Tags: linkedin, security, socialnetworking, web