Koobface Virus Gets Smarter; Targets Twitter and Facebook Users ...

Courtesy Mashable!  Thu, 08/06/2009 - 17:57

Koobface, a virus that targets computers via social networking sites, is apparently back and with added sophistication.

A typical Koobface attack – like the one that surfaced on Twitter last month – comes via a link that purports to be an interesting video (i.e.

– someone tweets “my home video” with a link to what looks like a YouTube page). Those videos then tell you that you need to upgrade your Flash player – which,...


 

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