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Cybercriminals abusing the political strife in Iran

The political unrest in Iran, which is being widely reported in the mainstream media, is being used by cybercriminals to spreads malware and malicious code, it has been claimed.

According to John Bambenek, security researcher at SANS Internet Storm Center, the move by Iranian opposition parties to use social networking websites such as Twitter to get their message across is fanning the flames.

The internet security expert said that many of the malicious tweets try and redirect users to external websites hosting viruses and Trojans, used to infect computers without anti-virus software.

Some of the messages claim to offer a link to live footage of protesters facing gunfire.

Last week, venture capitalist Guy Kawasaki became a victim of a malware attack on Twitter.

The financial expert, who has more than 139,000 regular followers online, had his account hijacked by cybercriminals who then used it to send malicious tweets to fans.

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