MySpace Users Redirected to a Phishing Site from a 'Link Hack'

Recently security researchers have discovered a 'link hack' that may bypass the attempts of MySpace.com to filter and control links on its pages. With this link hacking it is possible that links on MySpace.com pages will redirect visitors to phishing websites. When a visitor lands on a phishing site their personal information can be compromised if they fall victim to the phishing ploy.

What is so dangerous about the discovered 'link hack' is the links are displayed as legitimate MySpace.com links that are trusted by visitors and users of MySpace. Websense, a security researching company, recently said the link hack technique allows attackers to create malicious anchor tags over the majority of a given MySpace.com page. Many social sites such as MySpace.com allow their users to change the look and layout of personalized pages. With the 'link hack' method in the wrong hands it could potentially redirect a large number of visitors to certain MySpace.com or phishing pages that a hacker chooses to setup.

What can MySpace.com visitors do to protect themselves?

Currently Websense is monitoring the phishing activities on MySpace.com and have shut down known phishing sites that are part of the link hack. Ingenious tactics are used such as changing a profile page on MySpace.com daily to mask the hacked links on pages. This means visitors should be cautions of pages where the layout and content changes on a daily basis. It is always a good suggestion that visitors to MySpace.com always be mindful of which links they choose to click on. It does not hurt to check the source of any link or redirecting link on MySpace.com