The popular networking site Facebook is the target of a new attack that is spreading messages with malicious links.
Boston-based IT security and control firm Sophos is warning users about the problem. Sophos said a Facebook user's computer can be infected after they view a video that is infected with the bad code.
According to Sophos, messages left on Facebook users' walls are urging members to view a video, which appears to be hosted on a Google website. But users who click on the link are taken to a site which urges them to download an executable file to watch the movie, according said Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant for Sophos. The file downloads malicious code and displays an image of a court jester sticking his tongue out........
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Boston-based IT security and control firm Sophos is warning users about the problem. Sophos said a Facebook user's computer can be infected after they view a video that is infected with the bad code.
According to Sophos, messages left on Facebook users' walls are urging members to view a video, which appears to be hosted on a Google website. But users who click on the link are taken to a site which urges them to download an executable file to watch the movie, according said Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant for Sophos. The file downloads malicious code and displays an image of a court jester sticking his tongue out........
More: http://www.pcworld.com/article/149632/article.html?tk=nl_dnxnws