Again, Monster lives up to their logo. Protect yourself. Don’t put your resume up on Monster and if you are an employer, you are feeding this monster.
“August 20, 2007 — Computerworld — The 46,000 people reportedly infected by ads on job sites may be only a fraction of the victims of an ambitious, multistage attack that has stolen data belonging to several hundred thousand people who posted resumes on Monster.com, a researcher said this weekend.
According to Symantec security analyst Amado Hidalgo, a new Trojan horse called Infostealer.Monstres by Symantec has stolen more than 1.6 million records belonging to several hundred thousand people from Monster Worldwide Inc.’s job search service. That data is then used to target the Monster.com users with credible phishing mail that plants more malware on their machines.
“We are investigating the reports related to this Trojan and will take any necessary steps indicated by that investigation,” Monster.com spokesman Steve Sylven said Sunday in an e-mail….”
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