FaceBook, MySpace WORM

There seems to be another big influx of virus's and malicious software out there. Maybe it's due to the down economy and there are more messed up people with time on their hands to create these destructive programs.

Today there is news all over the place about a new Worm that you can get infected through Facebook. The virus authors are getting more cunning and sneaky in finding victims.

From what I've seen Facebook is a huge target right now for rogue apps. Today's Koobface worm spreads through a message from what looks like a Facebook friend that includes a link to a video from a fake YouTube website. It then tells you that you have to install a file to view the video. Yeah right, I don't think so.

Check out the links below to read up on it.

http://blog.trendmicro.com/new-variant-of-koobface-worm-spreading-on-facebook/

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10170555-83.html?tag=mncol;title

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10185517-83.html?tag=mncol;title

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2009/03/koobface_worm_resurfaces_on_fa.html