tagged w/ Koobface
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Facebook has publicly identified a gang of five alleged cyber criminals it believes are behind Koobface, a piece of malicious software that has hijacked hundreds of thousands of Facebook users’ computers and made millions for its creators.
link:http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/facebook/9020373/Facebook-names-2m-Koobface-hacking-gang.htmlFacebook has publicly identified a gang of five alleged cyber criminals it believes... more
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Residents in states with a high concentration of small and medium-sized businesses are targeted most by spammers, according to a recent report by e-mail security vendor MessageLabs, a Symantec subsidiary that analyzes billions of inbound messages collected by its data centers around the world.Residents in states with a high concentration of small and medium-sized businesses are... more
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As sites like Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter have grown more popular, they have become a hot target for hackers. According to Kaspersky Lab, malicious code distributed via social networking sites is ten times more effective than malware spread via e-mail. Here are the Top 8:As sites like Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter have grown more popular, they have become... more
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Twitter suspends accounts of users with infected computers; South Korea blocks sites to help end cyber attacks; Kansas audit raises computer security questions; Apple still mute to iPhone complaints; U.S. State Dept. workers beg Clinton for Firefox; Snooping through the power socket; New York official: Tagged site stole identities; Firefox 3.5 vulnerability rated ‘highly critical; Probe into cyberattacks stretches around the globe; BlackBerry update bursting with spyware; French workers threaten to blow up Nortel factory; FBI charges satellite descramblers…Twitter suspends accounts of users with infected computers; South Korea blocks sites... more
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Social Networking sites (Facebook, MySpace, Bebo, LiveJournal, etc.) are under attack by a variation of the Koobface worm which began to spread in August ‘08. This new variant, tracked as WORM_KOOBFACE.AZ has the potential of a fast infection rate. Most importantly, after propagating itself from the infected device, the Worm remains active on the user’s computer transmitting the computer’s data, settings, control information, and system information to over 300 international collection sites.Social Networking sites (Facebook, MySpace, Bebo, LiveJournal, etc.) are under attack... more
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