Windows Live SkyDrive Used For Spam-Related Hosting

Published January 10th, 2008 by admin Leave your comment

Windows Live SkyDrive Beta, Microsoft’s free online storage and file sharing service, appears to be taking off… with spammers. McAfee security researcher Chris Barton on Tuesday reported, “Our labs trapped many thousands of spam overnight that are abusing the Windows Live SkyDrive Beta service…”

Windows Live SkyDrive Beta is part of Microsoft’s Windows Live portfolio of services. It was launched last August under the name Windows Live Folders and later re-branded. In October, the service was updated and it now offers users 1 Gbyte of free online storage. The spammers appear to be uploading single-line HTML files that redirect Web visitors to a Web site used to sell spam-promoted products, such as pills of dubious value and function.

View: Windows Live SkyDrive
Source: InformationWeek