Comments on: Fake celeb LinkedIn profiles lead to malware

Beware links on the network purporting to offer nude shots of Knowles, Beckham, Ricci, Dunst, Hayek, and Hudson; they lead to malware, security researchers say.

[dch613]

Can't believe anyone would be dumb enough to click on those links. If they are then they deserve what they get.

This does bring up the issue of relatively normal fake profiles with links to malicious code.

<a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/davidhughes1">David Hughes</a>

[WeCanDoBIZ]

Surely most people on LinkedIn, which boasts it has the highler echelons of society, would smell a rat when a "celebrity" is using a professional networking site to tout nude pictures?

Apat from which, LinkedIn proactively discourages you from connecting to people you don't already know, so it's quite unlikely you'll be surfing for celebs in the first place.

Not the best place to be spreading malware.

Ian Hendry
CEO, WeCanDo.BIZ
http://www.wecando.biz

[Penguinisto]

This one's a no-brainer. LinkedIn is for business socialization, and has bugger-all to do with anything you'd typically associate with MySpace (or even Facebook)... so seeing a "OAMG Nood PIX!" page would ring instant alarm bells, no?

Now, like dch said... if there were malware-planted profiles that appeared like normal folks...

/P

[Harrison912]

Thanks, Elinor, for bringing us this information. I'm typically on LinkedIn to socially market my safety and security web site. I'll be glad to spread the news to my contacts. I'm not just about marketing my products but helping my friends stay safe an no one wants to be a victim of malware.