Facebook has apparently become a choice distribution channel for several malicious applications and a new variant of a pernicious piece of malware originally detected in 2008. The popular social networking site has been hit by at least three separate security issues in the last week — two phony applications and the latest variety of the Koobface worm, according to a report issued Monday by security research firm Trend Micro. Rik Ferguson, a security researcher at Trend Micro, first noticed the Koobface threat after he received a message via Facebook from a friend.
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Social Disease: Worm Writhes Its Way Through Facebook
Posted by: Walaika Haskins March 4, 2009 12:12 PMFacebook has apparently become a choice distribution channel for several malicious applications and a new variant of a pernicious piece of malware originally detected in 2008. The popular social networking site has been hit by at least three separate security issues in the last week — two phony applications and the latest variety of the Koobface worm, according to a report issued Monday by security research firm Trend Micro. Rik Ferguson, a security researcher at Trend Micro, first noticed the Koobface threat after he received a message via Facebook from a friend.