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Koobface virus hits Facebook
Webware.com —
... Facebook representative Barry Schnitt said the worm isn't new; it dates back to August, although the variant that first appeared on Wednesday targets only Facebook users. ...
'Koobface' virus spreading fast on Facebook
L.A. Times Tech Blog —
... "Unfortunately, users are very trusting of messages left by 'friends' on social networking sites. So the likelihood of a user clicking on a link like this is very high," said Alexander Gostev, a security analyst at Kaspersky Lab, in a several-month-old blog entry about the virus. "At the beginning of 2008 we predicted that we'd see an increase in cyber-criminals exploiting MySpace, Facebook and similar sites, and we're now seeing evidence of this. I'm sure that this is simply the first step, and that virus writers will continue to target these resources with ...
Worm Rains on Facebook's Parade
WebProNews Feed —
... What it Does"As part of their malicious payload, the worms transform victim machines into zombie computers to form botnets," said security firm Kaspersky Lab when it reported on two variants of Koobface back in July. One variant targeted Facebook, while the other targeted MySpace. Facebook's ...
Facebook Virus Turns Your Computer into a Zombie
Today @ PC World —
... "Koobface" comes through an e-mail sent by one of your social networking site friends inviting you to scope out a video. Once the URL is clicked, "Koobface" prompts you to update your Flash player before the video can be displayed. Therein lies the virus, cloaked in a "flash_player.exe" file. According to the Kaspersky Lab , an antivirus organization working closely with Facebook, "the worms transform victim machines into zombie computers to form botnets." ...
Facebook Worm Comes From Infected Friends
InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs —
... in July by Kaspersky Lab , has surfaced in a new form and is again menacing Facebook users with spammed links to malicious Web sites that appear to come from friends. Facebook says the worm's impact is minimal. "Only a very small percentage of Facebook users have been affected, and we're working quickly to update our security systems to minimize any further impact, including resetting passwords on infected accounts, removing the ...
Top Online Security Threats for 2009
ReadWriteWeb —
... Social Networking Sites
With social networking on the rise, the bad guys have found yet another playground on the Web. The Sophos report reveals 1800 Facebook users had their profiles defaced in August by an attack that installed a Trojan while displaying an animated graphic of a court jester.
Gated sites appeal to the bad guys because they form a "launching pad" for mass distributing malware attacks and spam, like the recent Koobface Trojan which attacked both MySpace and Facebook and transformed victim machines into zombie computers to form ...
Microsoft helps keep Koobface virus off Facebook
Webware.com —
... he wrote.
The Koobface is a mass-mailing virus that arrives in Facebook users' in-boxes announcing a message like "You look funny in this new video." Clicking on the link takes recipients to a Web site where they are prompted to download a Trojan masked as an Adobe Flash update. The Trojan could allow an attacker to remotely steal a victim's Facebook password and other information or even use the computer to launch attacks on other computers.
Koobface has been around since August mostly targeting social networks, and a variant that targets only Facebook users ...
Microsoft has just become Facebook’s go-to for security help: Yeah, I don’t think Microsoft agreed to this
Josh Chandler —
Microsoft’s Jeff Williams, principal group program manager for the Microsoft Malware Protection Center (MMPC) made a guest post today on the Official Facebook Blog about the latest security issue Koobface plaguing Facebook and other social networks , certainly proving Microsoft’s vested interest in the $240 million investment into Facebook is quickly becoming a worthwhile deal for both parties. It seems that Microsoft is trying not to step out of line with Facebook right now, considering the recent announcement that Facebook will be making a native app ...
