[Full-disclosure] Yahoo IM spoofing

[Patrick Nolan]

> -----Original Message-----
> Hey all!
> 
> Just saw this today for the first time...someone actually 
> spoofing IM's in yahoo chat.  Is this a new exploit or did I 
> miss something?  Thank you.
> 
> James

Describe the IM a little further.

Receiving garbage in an IM message isn't new, and is commonly sent to
everyone in a chat room via a chat-bot. The IM commonly contains URL
hyperlinks to either a gambling site, or a porn site [webcam,dating,etc].

Regards,
 
Patrick Nolan
Sr. Malware Researcher
Anchiva Systems, Inc.