Facebook hit with malware attack
August 8th, 2008
Section: Web, Web 2.0, Web Apps, Websites
Facebook recently came under attack by hackers who are posting malicious links on the Wall section of user profiles. The links urge the user to click on them to view a video hosted by Google, but in reality the link takes them to a compromised page with another link that claims to be an update for Adobe Flash. If clicked it downloads a Trojan called Troj/Dloadr-BPL. Once installed it downloads additional malware onto the infected computer.
The malicious message is made to look like it came from one of the members on the user’s list of friends. It’s likely that many people have already fallen for the hacker’s fake link and had their Facebook account hijacked as a result. This isn’t the first time hackers have targeted a social networking site. MySpace has been targeted more than a few times already, and the pages of several celebrities have been compromised. It appears that Web 2.0 is overshadowing email as a favorite target for hackers and spammers. If you find a link to a video posted on your Wall from a friend, be very suspicious and thin twice before clicking on it!
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