Spammers are exploiting YouTube's "Invite your Friends" facility to send spam containing a Storm Trojan from the video sharing site. Bradley Anstis, director of product management at security firm Marshal, said that YouTube users can invite their friends to view videos that they are looking at or have posted. Using the facility gives them the opportunity to e-mail any address from their account -- a feature the spammers are now exploiting.
MSFN - YouTube hijacked for Storm worm spam
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