Spam Campaign Targets MySpace Music Fans

MySpace music fans are targeted by an aggressive spam campaign, has warned SophosLabs in a press release. Sophos has also warned that the phishing attack is of global proportions and not limited to a specific region. The distributed spammed emails have "New message from on MySpace sent on " for subject and contain the following message: "You've got a new song from on MySpace!', and invites them to click on a link to hear 'your MySpace music."

"By making the headlines nearly everyday the MySpace brand has quickly become a household name, with 43 million users now signed up. As a result, it was only a matter of time before spammers jumped on its popularity for illegal purposes," stated Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant at Sophos. "This email has been so aggressively spammed out that many of its recipients are not even MySpace users, so common sense should tell them the email is unsolicited and is to be deleted. Anyone who follows the links expecting to get free music, however, is risking handing their email address, credit card numbers and other private information into the hands of spammers."

The emails contain two links apparently leading to MySpace. In fact they redirect users to an online MP3 music website claiming to be located in Lappeenranta, Finland, were they are encouraged to subscribe in order to download tracks.