Hackers are always trying to find different avenues into your PC and it looks like they found a new way in which to worm themselves in: online videos. Most computer users, by now, have been warned about (and infected by) malicious code sent to them via e-mail that hackers need to find an easier path to deliver their code. Most people are unaware of the risks and dangers of viewing videos online (YouTube) and hackers are starting to take advantage of the situation. According to Chris Rouland, the chief technology officer for IBM Corp.'s Internet Security Systems unit, "As companies have gotten better blocking e-mails, we see people move to more creative techniques. The next logical step seems to be the media players." Malicious code isn’t just popping up in videos, but it is also being embedded in pictures and PDFs as well. Just when you thought it was safe to view videos and pictures online, well, you thought wrong.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21095733/
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