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- From: "James Matthews" <nytrokiss@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2008 17:20:38 -0700
It;s the new facebook friend adder
On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 3:11 PM, <az-guy@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Not just Rouge apps, it's much more widespread: other colors such
> as magenta, mauve, fuschia, and even the extremes of pink and
> purple can also be impacted.
>
> On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 2:56 PM, John C. A. Bambenek, GCIH, CISSP
> <bambenek.infosec@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> What's the infection vector? URL Link? Rouge Facebook app?
>
> On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 4:44 PM, Gadi Evron <ge@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> Hi all.
>
> There's a facebook (possibly worm) something malicious
> sending fake
> messages from real users (friends).
>
> The sample also has a remote drop site (verified by someone
> who shall
> remain nameless).
>
> This is possibly zlob, not verified. Thanks Nick
> Bilogorskiy for his help.
>
> Infection sites seen so far are on .pl domains.
>
> The AV industry will soon add detection.
> Facebook's security folks are very capable, so I am not
> worried on that
> front.
>
> It's not that we didn't expect this for a long time now,
> but...
> Be careful. Some users know to be careful in email.. but
> not on facebook.
>
> Note: unlike 2003 when we called everything a worm and the
> 90s when
> everything was a virus--this is a bot which also
> spreads/infects on facebook.
>
> Gadi.
>
>
> --
> "You don't need your firewalls! Gadi is Israel's firewall."
> -- Itzik (Isaac) Cohen, "Computers czar", Senior Deputy
> to the Accountant General,
> Israel's Ministry of Finance, at the government's
> CIO conference, 2005.
>
> (after two very funny self-deprication quotes, time to
> even things up!)
>
> My profile and resume:
> http://www.linkedin.com/in/gadievron
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