In its October Intelligence Report, the security vendor’s analysis showed an increase in spam blogs on Google Blogspot and a rise in spam sent via fake MobileMe accounts. To maximize the use of the bogus MobileMe e-mail addresses, spammers link them with fake accounts created on social networking sites.

MessageLabs puts the blame at the feet of CAPTCHA breaking tools, which are increasingly finding their way into the hands of spammers.

“With the exploitation of Google Blogspot and MobileMe, we are again seeing two common spamming practices converge—CAPTCHA breaking techniques and exploitation of free hosted services,” said Mark Sunner, chief security analyst at MessageLabs, in a statement. “The spammers are now taking it one step further and experimenting with the capabilities of social networking sites, like Bebo. As a result, users of social networking sites are receiving more buddy requests from fake profiles wishing to connect.” 

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