Another attack using rogue Facebook applications hit users' PCs Saturday in a virtual repeat of last weekend's massive assault, security researchers said.
Like the earlier attack, Saturday's scam uses a sex-oriented video as bait, said Patrik Runald, a Australian researcher who works for Websense Security.
The scam is spread through Facebook messages touting "Distracting Beach Babes" videos that include a link to the malicious applications, Runald wrote on his company's blog early Saturday. Users who click on the link are asked to allow the application to access their profiles, and let it send messages to friends and post it on their walls. Once approved, the application instructs users to download an updated version of FLV Player, a popular free Windows media player, to view the video.
More: http://pcworld.com/article/196975/beware_attack_by_rogue_facebook_apps.html
Like the earlier attack, Saturday's scam uses a sex-oriented video as bait, said Patrik Runald, a Australian researcher who works for Websense Security.
The scam is spread through Facebook messages touting "Distracting Beach Babes" videos that include a link to the malicious applications, Runald wrote on his company's blog early Saturday. Users who click on the link are asked to allow the application to access their profiles, and let it send messages to friends and post it on their walls. Once approved, the application instructs users to download an updated version of FLV Player, a popular free Windows media player, to view the video.
More: http://pcworld.com/article/196975/beware_attack_by_rogue_facebook_apps.html
