Hackers ramp up Facebook, MySpace attacks

Image Uploader AcFive-exploit toolkit includes code aimed at AtiveX control

February 23, 2008 (Computerworld) Hackers are actively exploiting an Internet Explorer plug-in that's widely used by Facebook and MySpace members with a multi-attack kit, a security company warned Friday.

The exploit directed at Aurigma Inc.'s Image Uploader, an ActiveX control used by Facebook, MySpace and other social networking sites to allow members to upload photos to their profiles, is just one of five in a new hacker toolkit being used by several Chinese attack sites, said Symantec Corp. To read the rest of the story CLICK HERE