BOGUS LINKED IN PROFILES PUNT MALWARE TO FOOLS

Beyoncé’s not your friend, you berk

Bogus profiles on social networking website LinkedIn are punting malware to the credulous and starstruck.

Fraudulent accounts in the name of celebrities such as Beyoncé Knowles, Victoria Beckham, Salma Hayek and others are littered with links that take surfers to site harbouring malware, Trend Micro reports. The attack – which is still under investigation – represents a web 2.0 update of the old hacker trick of baiting infectious email attachments with celebrity lures.

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