Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Spotify Becomes Latest High Profile Inadvertent Malware Distributor

Yet another example of why even the savviest of Internet users need to keep their anti-malware software current and fully working. Spotify, the popular European streaming service, discovered that it was inadvertently serving ads that were laced with malware. The ads were served to the Spotify Windows desktop application by a third-party server. The company quickly pulled all third-party-hosted ads—cutting the head off the monster, if you will.

Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/C91ZFJHEp-4/

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