Hackers embed malicious links in websites about stars like Biel - USATODAY.com

This is rapidly turning into the summer of bad Web links. Cybercriminals are saturating the Internet with virulent Web pages and using every trick they can think of to get you to click on bad links.

IBM's X-Force security research team has tracked a 508% leap in new malicious links infesting the Web in the first half of 2009 vs. the first half 2008. It's not just porn and gambling sites that pose danger. Links to personal blogs, media sites, chat rooms and even links turning up in your search results can snare you, says X-Force director Kris Lamb...