Re: [phishing] facebook worms and id theft [was: Re: [botnets] XP update phish/malware]

[Juha-Matti Laurio <juha-matti.laurio () netti fi>]

A good summary has been released at
http://www.insidefacebook.com/2008/08/26/update-facebook-security-fighting-koobface-worm-chain-letters/

Juha-Matti

Juha-Matti Laurio [juha-matti.laurio () netti fi] kirjoitti: 
> Sharing to funsec too (the first Koobface threat was covered here with several messages):
>
> What I have seen this week is the existence of new Koobface variants (20+ now) and it appears that Facebook doesn't 
> block these yet,
> they managed to block the first wave, see
> http://linuxbox.org/pipermail/funsec/2008-August/018006.html
>
> But they are working on it:
> http://www.redherring.com/Home/24756
>
> Juha-Matti
>
> Gadi Evron [ge () linuxbox org] kirjoitti: 
> > > Interesting,
> > >   Do you or anyone else know more about the account theft that has been
> > > going on with FaceBook. I ask because my kid sister was using it for a
> > > while and she kept on asking why her password was changed. Shortly there
> > > after her friends had the same issue and they had random wall posts
> > > going up. Ideas?  I'm just curious.
> >
> > Malware spreading via walls and messages. Click on it and you get your 
> > credentials stolen and spam your friends.
> >
> > Facebook.*
> ---clip---
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